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MECHANISM FOR STORING VIRTUAL MACHINES ON A FILE SYSTEM IN A DISTRIBUTED ENVIRONMENT

  • US 20120272238A1
  • Filed: 04/21/2011
  • Published: 10/25/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/21/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

  • initializing, by a hypervisor of a host machine, creation of a virtual machine (VM);

    allocating, by the hypervisor, a logical volume from a logical volume group of a shared storage pool to the VM; and

    creating, by the hypervisor, a file system on top of the allocated logical volume, the file system to manage all files, metadata, and snapshots associated with the VM.

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