Storage manager for virtual machines with virtual storage

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8434081
APP PUB NO 20120005673A1
SERIAL NO

12829714

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A storage manager connects containers of virtual machine (VM) images and virtual storage device data within hosts. The storage management provides a set of northbound application programming interfaces (APIs) that allow configuration of images associated with VM images and virtual storage devices provided to the operating systems and applications within virtual machine images. The northbound APIs, include methods for creating a virtual storage container that contains storage for the VM instance and also at least one virtual storage device to be provided to an operating system executed by the VM, a method for causing an attach of the virtual storage container to the host and a method for causing a deployment of the virtual storage device within the host. A set of southbound APIs are provided by the host, including at least a method that creates virtual storage devices and a method that attaches virtual storage devices to the host.

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONNEW ORCHARD ROAD ARMONK NY 10504

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cervantes, Ezequiel Tucson, US 41 704
Gimpl, David Joseph Rochester, US 14 275
Pagan, Elfred Austin, US 9 226
Rao, Sudhir Gurunandan Portland, US 12 309
Somarouthu, Murali Krishna Austin, US 6 148

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