Patent ID: 9143410
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for monitoring guest domains configured with alternate Input/Output (I/O) domains to improve I/O services monitoring, each domain comprising a logical domain of a virtualization platform, the method comprising: installing cluster services in a control domain of the virtualization platform; installing cluster services in at least one alternate I/O domain of the alternate I/O domains; configuring storage service groups of the virtualization platform, wherein the storage service groups contain at least one of: a disk, a zpool, a mount, and a CVMVolDg resource; configuring, using at least one computer processor, an alternate service group to monitor services from multiple I/O domains of the virtualization platform; configuring a logical domain service group of the virtualization platform, wherein the logical domain service group manages a guest domain which receives I/O services from either the control domain or the at least one alternate I/O domain which are monitored via the alternate I/O service group; and determining, using the logical domain service group, whether failover is necessary.