VMware Assigned Two Patents

Computer system accessing object storage system
VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA, has been assigned a patent (8,650,359) developed by four co-inventors for “computer system accessing object storage system.”

The co-inventors are Satyam B. Vaghani, San Jose, CA, Ilia Sokolinski, Brighton, MA, Sujay Godbole, Roxbury Crossing, MA, and Tejasvi Aswathanarayana, Salem, NH.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “The storage system exports logical storage volumes that are provisioned as storage objects. These storage objects are accessed on demand by connected computer systems using standard protocols, such as SCSI and NFS, through logical endpoints for the protocol traffic that are configured in the storage system. Prior to issuing input-output commands to a logical storage volume, the computer system sends a request to bind the logical storage volume to a protocol endpoint. In response a first identifier for the protocol endpoint and a second identifier for the logical storage volume is returned. Different second identifiers may be generated for different logical storage volumes even though the same protocol endpoint is being used. Therefore, a single protocol endpoint may serve as a gateway for multiple logical storage volumes.”

The patent application was filed on Aug. 26, 2011 (13/219,378).

VM snapshotting in object storage system
VMware, Inc. Palo Alto, CA, has been assigned a patent (8,677,085) developed by five co-inventors for “VM snapshotting in object storage system.”

The co-inventors are Satyam B. Vaghani, San Jose, CA, Komal Desai, Fremont, CA, Ilia Sokolinski, Brighton, MA, Sanjay Acharya, Fremont, CA, and Chiao-Chuan Shih, San Jose, CA.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “The storage system exports logical storage volumes that are provisioned as storage objects within logical storage containers. These storage objects are accessed on demand by connected computer systems using standard protocols, such as SCSI and NFS, through logical endpoints for the protocol traffic that are configured in the storage system. A snapshot profile can be separately defined for each of these logical storage volumes, even for those that are within the same storage container. The snapshot profile for a logical storage volume defines whether or not snapshot is enabled for that logical storage volume, the frequency of the snapshot, and the number of snapshots to be retained.“

The patent application was filed on Aug. 29, 2011 (13/219,919).