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Migration of executing applications and associated stored data

  • US 9,392,058 B2
  • Filed: 06/03/2015
  • Issued: 07/12/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2014
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer program product for migrating executing applications and associated stored data, the computer program product comprising:

  • one or more computer readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising instructions to;

    execute applications in a source system environment that access data stored on a source storage device that is directly accessible within the source system environment;

    migrate the data to a target storage device that is directly accessible within a target system environment but is not directly accessible within the source system environment, wherein migrating the data comprises copying the data from the source storage device to the target storage device using a remote storage access protocol;

    migrate the executing applications from the source system environment to the target system environment; and

    wherein the instructions to migrate the data comprise instructions to retrieve a current block from the source storage device via a remote storage access protocol, write the current block to the target storage device with a local storage access protocol, and advance the current block to a next block.

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