US 8,479,198 B2Granted

Hypervisor and server apparatus capable of restoring data inside a failure area

AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.

InventorsNorimitsu Hayakawa, Takao Totsuka

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Abstract

A hypervisor sets all physical areas in an allocation area, which is allocated to a virtual machine from within a physical memory and is configured from a plurality of physical areas, to a write protect mode. In a case where a physical processor identifies that the write-destination area from the virtual machine is in the write protect mode, the hypervisor manages the write-destination area as an updated area, and cancels the write protect mode of the write-destination area. At a certain point in time, the hypervisor copies data inside the updated physical area from within the allocation area to a storage area (a copy area) that differs from the allocation area. In a case where a prescribed failure is detected in the physical area, the hypervisor restores data from the copy area.

Claims12

Dependent claims

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising a hypervisor, which is executed on a server apparatus having a physical memory and a physical processor, comprising:

a write controller configured to control a write from the physical processor to a physical area;
and
an area manager configured to manage a physical allocation area, which is a storage area that is allocated to a virtual machine from within the physical memory, and which is configured from a plurality of physical areas,
(A) wherein the write controller is configured to set all the physical areas configuring the physical allocation area to a write protect mode;
(B) wherein, after step (A), when the physical processor has identified that a write-destination area, which is the physical area specified in a write request issued by the virtual machine, is in the write protect mode,
(b1) the area manager is configured to perform the step of managing the write-destination area as an updated area, and,
(b2) the write controller is configured to perform the step of canceling the write protect mode of the write-destination area;
(C) wherein the area manager is configured to perform the step, after step (A), at the time of a snapshot acquisition, of copying data in the updated physical area, from among all the physical areas configuring the physical allocation area, to a copy area, which is a storage area that is different from the physical allocation area, and
wherein the area manager is configured to perform the step, subsequent to step (C), of managing the updated physical area as an updated area and as a non-updated area, and to perform step (A) again;
and
(D) when the occurrence of a prescribed failure in a physical area has been detected, the area manager is configured to perform the step of restoring data from the copy area that stores a copy of the data stored in a failure area, which is the physical area in which the prescribed failure has occurred, and when the occurrence of a prescribed failure in the physical area is detected, and the failure area is managed as a non-updated area, the area manager is configured to perform the step of identifying a privilege level of the physical processor at the time the prescribed failure has occurred, and to carry out processing in accordance with this privilege level.

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A server apparatus comprising:

a physical memory;
and
a physical processor configured to execute a hypervisor, wherein
(A) the hypervisor is configured to set all physical areas configuring a physical allocation area, which is a storage area that is allocated to a virtual machine from within the physical memory and is configured from a plurality of physical areas, to a write protect mode;
(B) in a case, after step (A), where the physical processor has identified that a write-destination area, which is the physical area specified in a write request issued by the virtual machine, is in the write protect mode,
(b1) the hypervisor is configured to manage the write-destination area as an updated area, and,
(b2) the hypervisor is configured to cancel the write protect mode of the write-destination area;
(C) in a case, after step (A), at the time of a snapshot acquisition, the hypervisor is configured to copy data in the updated physical area from among all the physical areas configuring the physical allocation area to a copy area, which is a storage area that differs from the physical allocation area, and
subsequent to step (C), the hypervisor is configured to manage the updated physical area as an updated area and as a non-updated area, and to perform step (A) again;
and
(D) in a case where the occurrence of a prescribed failure in a physical area has been detected, the hypervisor is configured to restore data from the copy area that stores a copy of the data stored in a failure area, which is the physical area in which the prescribed failure has occurred;
and
in a case where the occurrence of a prescribed failure in the physical area is detected, and the failure area is managed as a non-updated area, the hypervisor is configured to identify a privilege level of the physical processor at the time the prescribed failure has occurred, and to carry out processing in accordance with this privilege level.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.