CLUSTERING SERVER PROVIDING VIRTUAL MACHINE DATA SHARING
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for maintaining consistent data at different virtual machines, comprising:
- configuring one or more managed objects;
identifying operations which may affect the one or more managed objects in a first instance of an application on a first virtual machine;
detecting application operations performed on the one or more managed objects by the first instance of the application which affect state information of the managed objects; and
communicating the application operations to a central manager for use in replicating the managed object state information at a second virtual machine.
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Abstract
Technology for sharing data among multiple virtual machines in a cluster of virtual machines is disclosed. Each virtual machine identifies “managed” objects of an instance of an application running at the virtual machine. The managed objects are objects for which state information is to be replicated at the other virtual machines in the cluster on which other instances of the application are running. Operations performed by an instance of one application which affect the state of managed objects are detected and distributed. A computer-implemented method for maintaining consistent object states at different virtual machines includes receiving managed object state information from a first virtual machine including a first instance of an application; creating a representation of each of the managed objects; and responsive to the received information, communicating state information to at least a second virtual machine on which a second instance of the application is running to replicate the state information at the second virtual machine.
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21 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for maintaining consistent data at different virtual machines, comprising:
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configuring one or more managed objects;
identifying operations which may affect the one or more managed objects in a first instance of an application on a first virtual machine;
detecting application operations performed on the one or more managed objects by the first instance of the application which affect state information of the managed objects; and
communicating the application operations to a central manager for use in replicating the managed object state information at a second virtual machine. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer-implemented method for maintaining consistent data at different virtual machines, comprising:
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receiving application operations describing events affecting a local instance of a managed object state from a first virtual machine;
creating a representation of each of the managed objects using the application operations, the representation describing the object state; and
communicating update operations describing the object state information to at least a second virtual machine to replicate the managed object state in a local instance of the managed object on the second virtual machine. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer-implemented method for maintaining consistent data at different virtual machines, comprising:
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on a first virtual machine, identifying operations which may affect state in one or more managed objects in a first instance of an application on a first virtual machine;
detecting application operations performed on the one or more managed objects by the first instance of the application which affect the state information; and
communicating the application operations to a central manager for use in replicating the managed object state information at a second virtual machine, and on the central manager, creating a representation of each of the managed objects using the application operations, the representation describing the object state; and
communicating update operations describing the object state information to at least a second virtual machine to replicate the managed object state in a local instance of the managed object on the second virtual machine. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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