INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM

• US 20160266923A1
• Filed: 01/26/2016
• Published: 09/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: MIYOSHI, TAKASHI
• Application Number:
  US15/006,546
• Publication Number:
  US 20160266923A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 12/109 for multiple virtual address spaces, e.g. segmentation G06F12/1036 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2009/4557 Distribution of virtual machine instances; Migration and load balancing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2009/45583 Memory management, e.g. access or allocation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2212/152 Virtualized environment, e.g. logically partitioned system
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0613 in relation to throughput
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0647 Migration mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0659 Command handling arrangements, e.g. command buffers, queues, command scheduling
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0683 Plurality of storage devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45558 Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects

Abstract

A memory apparatus stores data of a virtual machine and management information mapping first information related to a first information processing apparatus to a storage area storing the data. The first information processing apparatus accesses the memory apparatus on the basis of first mapping information mapping addresses used by a virtual machine to the first information, and runs the virtual machine. A second information apparatus generates second mapping information mapping the addresses to second information related to the second information processing apparatus on the basis of size information received from the first information processing apparatus, and replaces the first information with the second information in the management information. The second information processing apparatus accesses the memory apparatus on the basis of the second mapping information and runs the virtual machine.

Claims

1. An information processing system comprising:

a first information processing apparatus that runs a virtual machine;

a second information processing apparatus that is able to communicate with the first information processing apparatus; and

a memory apparatus that is connected to the first information processing apparatus and the second information processing apparatus and stores data of the virtual machine and management information, the management information mapping first information related to the first information processing apparatus to a storage area storing the data, wherein;

the first information processing apparatus accesses the memory apparatus based on first mapping information and runs the virtual machine, the first mapping information mapping an address used by the virtual machine to the first information;

the first information processing apparatus notifies, when causing the second information processing apparatus to run the virtual machine, the second information processing apparatus of size information indicating a size of the storage area and stops the virtual machine;

the second information processing apparatus generates second mapping information based on the size information, updates the management information by replacing the first information with second information related to the second information processing apparatus, accesses the memory apparatus based on the second mapping information, and runs the virtual machine, the second mapping information mapping the address to the second information.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein:

the first information includes a first address indicating a first area of a first memory available in the first information processing apparatus, and

the second information includes a second address indicating a second area of a second memory available in the second information processing apparatus.

3. The information processing system according to claim 2, wherein:

the second information processing apparatus reserves the second area in the second memory when running the virtual machine, and

the second information processing apparatus accesses the memory apparatus, instead of accessing the second area, when notified of the address by the virtual machine.

4. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the memory apparatus includes a control unit that receives an access including the second information from the second information processing apparatus, and determines the storage area based on the second information with reference to the updated management information.

5. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the memory apparatus manages a partial area of a first memory available in the first information processing apparatus and a partial area of the second memory available in a second information processing apparatus, as a shared area that is usable to store the data.

6. A method for controlling an information processing system including a first information processing apparatus, a second information processing apparatus that is able to communicate with the first information processing apparatus, and a memory apparatus that is connected to the first information processing apparatus and the second information processing apparatus, the method comprising:

storing, in the memory apparatus, data of a virtual machine and management information, the management information mapping first information related to the first information processing apparatus to a storage area storing the data;

accessing, by the first information processing apparatus, the memory apparatus based on first mapping information and running the virtual machine on the first information processing apparatus, the first mapping information mapping an address used by the virtual machine to the first information;

notifying, by the first information processing apparatus, when causing the second information processing apparatus to run the virtual machine, the second information processing apparatus of size information indicating a size of the storage area;

generating, by the second information processing apparatus, second mapping information based on the size information, the second mapping information mapping the address to second information related to the second information processing apparatus;

stopping, by the first information processing apparatus, the virtual machine running on the first information processing apparatus;

updating, by the second information processing apparatus, the management information by replacing the first information with the second information; and

accessing, by the second information processing apparatus, the memory apparatus based on the second mapping information and running the virtual machine on the second information processing apparatus.