Supporting datastore replication using virtual machine replication
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsSudarsana Rao Piduri, Swapnil Sham Daingade
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Abstract
A first server in, for example, a primary datacenter, may be paired with a second server in, for example, a backup datacenter. The first server may include a first datastore, which includes a plurality of virtual machines, and the second server may include a second datastore. The first and second datastores may then be mapped to each other. The plurality of virtual machines included in the first datastore are then, without any user prompting, replicated at the second datastore. Therefore, when the first server becomes unavailable, the virtual machines included in the first datastore may still be accessible at the second server.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- pairing a first server with a second server, wherein the first server includes a first datastore and the second server includes a second datastore;
- mapping the first datastore of the first server with the second datastore of the second server, wherein the first datastore includes a plurality of virtual machines;
- and
- replicating each virtual machine of the first datastore at the second datastore.
An apparatus comprising:
- a communication interface configured to enable network communications on behalf of a first server;
- a first datastore;
- a processing device of the first server coupled to the communication interface and the first datastore, and configured to:
- pair the first server with a second server, wherein the first server includes the first datastore and the second server includes a second datastore;
- map the first datastore with the second datastore of the second server, wherein the first datastore includes a plurality of virtual machines;
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- replicate each virtual machine of the first datastore at the second datastore.
One or more non-transitory computer readable storage media encoded with instructions on behalf of a first server including a first datastore that, when executed by a processor of the first server, cause the processor to:
- pair the first server with a second server, wherein the first server includes a first datastore and the second server includes a second datastore;
- map the first datastore with the second datastore of the second server, wherein the first datastore includes a plurality of virtual machines;
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- replicate each virtual machine of the first datastore at the second datastore.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.