Virtual Machine Migration Between Local and Cloud Infrastructure
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current virtualization technologies face challenges in efficiently managing and migrating virtual machines and applications between local and cloud-based virtualization infrastructures, particularly in maintaining seamless network connectivity and cost-effectiveness across different cloud facilities.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of a graphical user interface (GUI) that facilitates the connection and migration of virtual machines between local and cloud-based virtualization infrastructures, allowing for the extension of internal networks and redeployment of virtual machines across cloud facilities without altering IP addresses or network connectivity, using workflows that integrate on-premises and off-premises virtualization infrastructure management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If virtual machines are migrated between local and cloud-based virtualization infrastructures, then scalability and flexibility are improved, but network connectivity and IP address management become more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a network virtualization layer that acts as an intermediary between virtual machines and physical network infrastructure. This layer abstracts IP address management and network connectivity, allowing virtual machines to be migrated between local and cloud infrastructures without requiring complex manual reconfiguration of network settings or IP addresses.
Solution Approach 2:
The virtualization infrastructure is designed with universal network management capabilities that function consistently across both local and cloud-based environments. The system provides unified network abstraction, standardized migration protocols, and consistent IP address management that work across different infrastructure types, eliminating the need for environment-specific network configurations.
2Productivity
If virtual machines are migrated to cloud-based infrastructure, then cost optimization and resource efficiency are improved, but maintaining seamless network connectivity becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements continuous network connectivity during migration by maintaining active network sessions and using stateful migration techniques. The system preserves network state information and restores it at the destination, ensuring that virtual machines maintain seamless network connectivity throughout the migration process from local to cloud infrastructure.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary network configuration and state capture before migration begins. Network connection states, IP routing information, and session data are preserved in advance, allowing virtual machines to be moved to cloud infrastructure while maintaining uninterrupted network connectivity without requiring reconfiguration at the destination.
3Ease of operation
If centralized management is implemented for virtual machine migration, then ease of operation is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines local and cloud-based virtualization management into a single unified centralized management platform. The system integrates infrastructure resources, virtual machine lifecycle management, and network configuration into one cohesive interface, allowing administrators to manage migrations across both environments through a single system rather than separate management tools.
Solution Approach 2:
The centralized management system implements automated feedback mechanisms that monitor migration status, resource availability, and network connectivity in real-time. The system automatically adjusts migration parameters, selects optimal destinations, and handles contingencies based on feedback from the infrastructure, reducing the operational complexity despite the sophisticated system architecture.
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AI summary
In a computer-implemented method for migrating a virtual machine between a local virtualization infrastructure and a cloud-based virtualization infrastructure, within a graphical user interface for managing the local virtualization infrastructure, a first view comprising a control for migrating a virtual machine between the local virtualization infrastructure to the cloud-based virtualization infrastructure is displayed. Responsive to a receiving a user selection to migrate a virtual machine between the local virtualization infrastructure and the cloud-based virtualization infrastructure, a workflow for effectuating a migration of the virtual machine between the local virtualization infrastructure and the cloud-based virtualization infrastructure is displayed. Responsive to receiving a command to migrate the virtual machine between the local virtualization infrastructure and the cloud-based virtualization infrastructure at the workflow for effectuating a migration of the virtual machine between the local virtualization infrastructure and the cloud-based virtualization infrastructure, the virtual machine is migrated between the local virtualization infrastructure and the cloud-based virtualization infrastructure. Responsive to migrating the virtual machine between the local virtualization infrastructure and the cloud-based virtualization infrastructure, management of the virtual machine through the graphical user interface for managing the local virtualization infrastructure is provided.