Patent ID: 7634512

Claim:
A method for migrating session state, that is specific to a first session, from the first session to a second session, the method comprising: while executing a workload associated with the first session, a first process generating the session state, wherein the session state includes temporary data, at least a portion of which is stored in a database, wherein the database is associated with a database server that manages data stored in the database, wherein the session state includes data that is stored in memory of the database server that is separate from the database; receiving an instruction to migrate at least a portion of the session state from a first session area associated with the first session to a second session area associated with the second session, wherein the second session area is in memory of a second database server that is either the same as or different than the database server; and after receiving the instruction, storing the temporary data in a particular location of a storage container; and sending, to the second session area, location information that identifies the particular location; wherein a second process that executes the second session uses the location information to access at least a subset of the temporary data that is stored in the storage container.