Patent ID: 8949830
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: providing a first end host and a second end host; associating a first base hypervisor with the first end host and a second base hypervisor with the second end host; interconnecting the first and second end hosts; associating at least one virtual hypervisor with each of the first and second base hypervisors; nesting a virtual machine within a virtual hypervisor; migrating the virtual machine to a destination virtual hypervisor; additionally nesting the migrated virtual machine within the destination virtual hypervisor; wherein the destination virtual hypervisor is associated with either of: the first base hypervisor and the second base hypervisor; wherein at least one virtual machine in one of the first and second end hosts runs a network controller which is in communication with at least one software switch; wherein at least one of the first and second end hosts emulates a data center network virtual machine which is in communication with the at least one software switch; and wherein one of the first and second end hosts comprises a virtual machine which runs a shared network file system service, comprising a virtual machine image, which is in communication with the data center network.