Patent ID: 9268642
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A system for monitoring virtual machines, the system comprising: a master host; and a slave host comprising a primary virtual machine and a secondary virtual machine, the secondary virtual machine being a backup virtual machine to the primary virtual machine, and wherein the slave host is configured to identify a failure that impacts an ability of at least one of the primary virtual machine and the secondary virtual machine to provide service; and wherein if the failure is a Permanent Device Loss (PDL) failure, the slave host is configured to terminate each impacted virtual machine; and wherein if the failure is an All Paths Down (APD) failure, the master host is configured to apply one of the following: a first remedy if the primary virtual machine is impacted and the secondary virtual machine is not impacted; a second remedy if the secondary virtual machine is impacted and the primary virtual machine is not impacted; or a third remedy if both the primary virtual machine and the secondary virtual machine are impacted.