Patent ID: 9448899
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method for switching over a virtual application two-node cluster in a cloud environment, wherein the virtual application two-node cluster comprises an active virtual machine and a standby virtual machine, and the method comprises: sending, by a cloud management platform, an association state of a shared elastic block store (EBS) volume to the standby virtual machine; receiving, by the cloud management platform from the standby virtual machine, a request for removing an association between the active virtual machine and the shared EBS volume; removing, by the cloud management platform, the association between the active virtual machine and the shared EBS volume; receiving, by the cloud management platform from the standby virtual machine, a request for associating the shared EBS volume; and associating, by the cloud management platform, the standby virtual machine with the shared EBS volume so that the standby virtual machine controls the shared EBS volume.