Patent ID: 8566650
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: monitoring a plurality of hosts by a computing device via a network, wherein each of the plurality of hosts hosts one or more virtual machines and is coupled to a multi-path data store via the network; upon identifying, by the computing device, that a first host of the plurality of hosts does not have access to the multi-path data store via a first path, determining, by the computing device, whether other hosts of the plurality of hosts have access to the multi-path data store via the first path; when the other hosts do have access to the multi-path data store via the first path, performing the following by the computing device: determining that the first host is malfunctioning and sending a host error notification to an administrator; performing a live migration to migrate the one or more virtual machines hosted by the first host to the other hosts; and shutting down the first host; and when the other hosts do not have access to the multi-path data store via the first path, determining that the multi-path data store is malfunctioning.