Patent ID: 9571586
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method for communicating in a computing environment, the method comprising the steps of: a first computer establishing communication with a first virtual computer through a first virtual port using a primary port name for the first virtual port, wherein the first virtual computer is executing on a second computer; the first computer acquiring a previously unknown alternate port name for the first virtual port from the first virtual computer executing on the second computer prior to migration, wherein the step of the first computer acquiring an alternate port name for the first virtual port from the first virtual computer executing on the second computer comprises the first computer issuing a SCSI inquiry command to a virtual SCSI device for the alternate port name for the first virtual port; responsive to receiving a state change notification, the first computer determining that the first virtual computer is not accessible using the primary port name for the first virtual port, wherein the first virtual computer is migrated to execute on a third computer; and the first computer reestablishing communication with the migrated first virtual computer executing on the third computer using the alternate port name of the first virtual port.