Patent ID: 9183101
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method, comprising: monitoring, by a first virtual infrastructure management (VIM) server, a first host device to determine if the first host device receives a first message from a first storage device indicating a failure of a logical disk within the first set of one or more storage devices, wherein the first VIM server manages a first virtual datacenter site including the first host device and the first set of storage devices, a second VIM server manages a second virtual datacenter site including a second host device and a second set of one or more storage devices, and wherein the logical disk is replicated from a storage device within the first set of storage devices to a storage device within the second set of storage devices; monitoring, by the first VIM server in response to the determination that the first host device received the first message, the first host device to determine if the first host device receives, within an interval of time, any additional messages indicating a failure of a logical disk within the first set of storage devices; determining, by the first VIM server, that a plurality of virtual machines (VMs) running on the first host device are dependent upon the one or more failed logical disks indicated by the first and additional messages; and performing, by the first VIM server automatically in response to the determination that the plurality of VMs are dependent upon the logical disk, a failover of the plurality of VMs to the second host device using the replicated logical disk.