111 results about "Device migration" patented technology

A method begins by a processing module determining a priority access level of an encoded data slice stored on a memory device. The method continues with the processing module determining an end-of-life memory level for the memory device. The method continues with the processing module determining whether to migrate the encoded data slice from the memory device based on the priority access level and the end-of-life memory level. The method continues with the processing module identifying another memory device. The method continues with the processing module facilitating migration of the encoded data slice to another memory device.

A system and method for the migration and distribution of computer software using an appliance which non-invasively creates copies of computer files from a data set and installs them on destination computers. The system and method features several ways of configuring the software installed for its reliable operation in the new hardware environment. Also disclosed is a system and method for the manipulation of data set files in order to optimize and pre-configure them for the new hardware environment.

A low profile occlusion device for percutaneous or direct transcutaneous placement into a vein or other tubular vessel of the body. Two wires form one or more loops having a thin cover disposed between them. The loop forms a beveled angle within the blood vessel and the cover prevents blood flow through the vessel. An additional loop can be present to prevent device embolization or device migration. The occlusion device is delivered to a vein such as an incompetent perforator vein or other incompetent vein through a small flexible sheath. Ultrasound guidance is used to position the occlusion device which can be repositioned within the vessel if necessary.

A method, apparatus and program storage device that provides virtual hot spare space to handle storage device failures in a storage system is disclosed. Data is migrated from a failed storage device to a hot spare storage device, which may be a virtual hot spare device spanning multiple physical storage devices or even existing as a subset of a single physical storage device, until a replacement storage device is hot swapped for the failed storage device. Once the replacement storage device is installed, the recovered data on the hot spare is moved back to the replacement storage device.

Migrating data from an old storage device to a new storage device includes transferring the data from a first logical device on the old storage device to a second logical device on the new storage device, determining replication relationships for the first logical device, transferring the replication relationships; and transferring logical devices used for the replication relationships from the old storage device to the new storage device. The replication relationships may include a clone of the first logical device. Migrating data from an old storage device to a new storage device may also include suspending writes to the first logical storage device prior to transferring the data for the first logical storage device. The replication relationships may include at least one snapshot.

The embodiment of the invention provides a data management method, equipment and system. Data partitioning of cold data fragments in a first storage equipment is obtained; special data partitioning is found in or separated from the data partitioning where the cold data fragments are located, and data fragments included in the special data partitioning are all the cold data fragments; the special data partitioning is transferred from the first storage equipment to a second storage equipment, and the data processing capability of the first storage equipment is stronger than that of the second storage equipment; the special data partitioning is set as an offline mode, so that the cold data fragments in the special data partitioning can not be accessed. According to the data management method, equipment and system, an external storage medium, manual transference for cold data fragments and complicated operation processes are not needed through setting the partitioning of the cold data fragments as the offline mode, the purpose that when hot data is accessed as planned, the cold data fragments can not be accessed by accident is achieved, and the resulting problems that the response time for query is prolonged and the query capability is decreased are avoided.

Described are techniques for migrating data. A source data storage system includes a source device and a target data storage system includes a target device. A passive path and an active path are provided for a host to access data of a logical device. The host recognizes the passive path and the active path as paths to the logical device. The passive path is between the host and the source data storage system. The active path is between the host and the target data storage system and used in connection with proxying requests directed to the logical device received from the host through the target data storage system while migrating data for the logical device from the source device to the target device. Migrating is controlled by a migration module executing on the target data storage system that copies data from the source device to the target device.

Migration of a pairing of wearable device to a new companion electronic device is disclosed. In one embodiment, pairing migration is performed by syncing and verifying a migration key in the wearable and new companion device. Pairing migration includes moving settings and pairing data of the wearable to the new companion device in response to detecting the wearable is associated with the migration key, wherein the migration key establishes a validation of trust of the wearable relative to the companion device. The settings and pairing data can include configuration and protected data and one or more keys to establish a trust relationship between the wearable and new companion device. The settings and pairing data can also include device data such that the wearable can be discoverable by the new companion device.

The invention provides a link failure processing method, an intelligent resilient framework (IRF) member device and a data communication device. The link failure processing method includes: when a stack member device of an IRF is determined to be in a forbidden state, the stack member device transmits informing massages to upstream and downstream devices to enable the upstream and downstream devices to be in informing states, and then business data can be prevented from being transmitted to the stack member device, wherein the informing state shows that the upstream and downstream devices receive business data transmitted by the stack member device but not transmit the business data to the stack member device; simultaneously, the stack member device keeps hardware forwarding table items to be invariable, transmits the remaining business data on the stack member device to the upstream and downstream devices according to the hardware forwarding table items and turns into the forbidden state when all the remaining business data are determined to be forwarded. By means of the link failure processing method, the IRF member device and the data communication device, the phenomenon of package loss when the IRF stack member device is in the forbidden state is avoided.

Described are techniques for performing data storage system management. First information may be collected on a first physical storage device. The first information may include one or more metrics related to failure of the first physical storage device. In accordance with the first information, it is determined whether the first physical storage device is considered at risk of failure. Responsive to determining that the first physical storage device is considered at risk of failure, data automatically migrated from the first physical storage device to a second physical storage device.

Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems include a client virtual machine processing a system call for a device driver to instruct a physical device to perform a function and transmitting the system call to an appliance virtual machine to execute the system call. The client virtual machine determines, in response to the system call, that an established connection with the appliance virtual machine has switched from a first protocol to a second protocol, the first and second protocols including a high-performance transmission protocol and Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). The client virtual machine transmits the system call to the appliance virtual machine according to the second protocol. For example, the established connection may switch to the second protocol in response to the client virtual machine migrating to the first host device from a second host device.

Methods and systems for the in-place or post-facto migration of data to a cloud-based data storage service or other virtual storage environment, include a Cloud Storage Import Utility (CSIU) device having a file selection module and configured to generate a user interface. The user interface allows a storage administrator to select one or more files, file folders, or shares to be published to the cloud and optionally migrated from a current storage device to another storage service, and for providing an indication of the selection. The CSIU is configured to capture metadata for the selected files or file folders. The CSIU also provides one or more commands understandable by the cloud-based data storage service, to migrate the metadata to the cloud-based data storage service independently of the files or file folders, so that they are usable by the cloud-based storage service without being moved to the cloud-based storage service.

Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems determine that a cache is to be migrated from a first storage device to a second storage device. Each cache entry within the cache includes a first indicator to indicate whether or not the cache entry has long-term utility. Only a portion of all cache entries are selected to be migrated and the portion is selected from cache entries with the first indicator set to indicate long-term utility. The selected cache entries and metadata for cache entries that were not selected are migrated from the first storage device to the second storage device.

Methods and systems for the in-place or post-facto migration of data to a cloud-based data storage service or other virtual storage environment, include a Cloud Storage Import Utility (CSIU) device having a file selection module and configured to generate a user interface. The user interface allows a storage administrator to select one or more files, file folders, or shares to be published to the cloud and optionally migrated from a current storage device to another storage service, and for providing an indication of the selection. The CSIU is configured to capture metadata for the selected files or file folders. The CSIU also provides one or more commands understandable by the cloud-based data storage service, to migrate the metadata to the cloud-based data storage service independently of the files or file folders, so that they are usable by the cloud-based storage service without being moved to the cloud-based storage service.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a thermal migration method and device for virtual machine direct connection equipment. One specific embodiment of the method comprises the following steps: executing a register state synchronization method by calling a register state synchronization interface, and synchronizing a register state of source end virtual machine direct connection equipment to atarget end virtual machine; cancelling a transparent transfer state of the source end virtual machine direct connection equipment, and iteratively executing the following synchronization operations in multiple rounds and migrating the source end virtual machine direct connection equipment to the target end virtual machine: executing the register state synchronization method by calling the register state synchronization interface, capturing a read-write operation on a register of the source end virtual machine direct connection equipment in a migration process, and executing the captured read-write operation on a register of the target end virtual machine direct connection equipment; and executing a DMA dirty page synchronization method by calling a DMA dirty page transmission interface, and writing data corresponding to a DMA dirty page of the source end virtual machine direct connection equipment into a memory of the target end virtual machine. The embodiment of the invention can realize the thermal migration of direct connection equipment without changing a kernel of a virtual machine.

An appliance migration mechanism (AMM) optimizes migration of a live virtual appliance with virtual objects between cloud environments to minimize temporary connections that use significant cloud resources during the migration. The AMM determines a cost of connections of each virtual object in the virtual appliance and produces an order of migration for the virtual objects. The cost of connections of the virtual objects may be determined by the total number of connections and the maximum number of connections. Alternatively the cost of the connections of the virtual objects for migration could be determined by a weighting the costs of the connections where the weighting may consider loading or other factors on the connection.