Patent ID: 11907745
Assignee: VMWARE LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 9:
10. The method of claim 1, wherein after returning the updated cluster configuration to the second node, the second node:
receives the updated cluster configuration from the first node, the updated cluster configuration comprising second authentication information associated with the first node;
associates the second one or more processes with the second authentication information to allow the second one or more processes to authenticate the first one or more processes;
sets a cluster configuration version of the second node to a cluster configuration of the second cluster in a cluster configuration version table stored in the database;
retrieves a latest cluster configuration from the database;
adds each of the second one or more processes, except for a second DBS of the second one or more processes, as a member to a corresponding group membership table, wherein a group membership table is used by each member to check a status of each other member of the group membership table;
generates an updated cluster configuration by setting a status of the second node in the latest cluster configuration to joined;
stores the updated cluster configuration in the database; and
periodically examines the cluster configuration version table to determine whether the second node is synchronized with another latest cluster configuration.