Placing a storage network device into a maintenance mode in a virtualized computing environment
First Claim
1. An automated method of placing a first storage network device into a maintenance mode in a virtualized computing environment in which each data store is connected to at least one host computing system via a storage network device, comprising:
- identifying a first data store having an active input/output (I/O) path to a first host computing system via the first storage network device; and
migrating at least one of virtual machine disks (VMDKs) on the first data store and workloads running on the first host computing system such that the VMDKs can be accessed by the workloads via any other storage network device.
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Abstract
Techniques for placing a first storage network device into maintenance mode in a virtualized computing environment in which each data store is connected to at least one host computing system via a storage network device are described. In one embodiment, a first data store having an active input/output (I/O) path to a first host computing system via the first storage network device is identified. Further, migration of virtual machine disks (VMDKs) on the first data store and/or migration of workloads running on the first host computing system are recommended such that the VMDKs can be accessed by the workloads via any other storage network device.
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23 Claims
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1. An automated method of placing a first storage network device into a maintenance mode in a virtualized computing environment in which each data store is connected to at least one host computing system via a storage network device, comprising:
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identifying a first data store having an active input/output (I/O) path to a first host computing system via the first storage network device; and migrating at least one of virtual machine disks (VMDKs) on the first data store and workloads running on the first host computing system such that the VMDKs can be accessed by the workloads via any other storage network device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system comprising:
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a plurality of storage network devices; a plurality of host computing systems; a plurality of data stores, wherein each data store is coupled to at least one of the host computing systems via one of the plurality of storage network devices; and a management server comprising a switch maintenance module to automatically place a first storage network device into a maintenance mode in a virtualized computing environment, by; identifying a first data store having an active input/output (I/O) path to a first host computing system via the first storage network device; and migrating at least one of virtual machine disks (VMDKs) on the first data store and workloads running on the first host computing system such that the VMDKs can be accessed by the workloads via any other storage network device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that are configured, when executed by a computing system, to perform a method of placing a first storage network device into a maintenance mode in a virtualized computing environment in which each data store is connected to at least one host computing system via a storage network device, the method comprising:
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identifying a first data store having an active input/output (I/O) path to a first host computing system via the first storage network device; and migrating at least one of virtual machine disks (VMDKs) on the first data store and workloads running on the first host computing system such that the VMDKs can be accessed by the workloads via any other storage network device. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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