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PAFUMI JAMES A

US62 patents

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PAFUMI JAMES A

IBM

Dynamic physical and virtual multipath I/O

Mobility validation by trial boot using snap shot

Method for moving operating systems between computer electronic complexes without loss of service

Utilizing client resources during mobility operations

Virtual cluster proxy to virtual I/O server manager interface

Utilizing client resources during mobility operations

Maintaining storage area network (‘SAN’) access rights during migration of operating systems

Arrangements for storing and retrieving blocks of data having different dimensions

Fibre channel N-port ID virtualization protocol

Method and apparatus for migrating access to block storage

Leveraging a shared storage pool to manage the health of virtual machines

Risk-appropriate validation for live operating system migration

Risk-appropriate validation for live operating system migration

Risk-appropriate validation for live operating system migration

Risk-appropriate validation for live operating system migration

Multipath I/O in a computer system

Multipath I/O in a computer system

PAFUMI JAMES A

Single point, scalable data synchronization for management of a virtual input/output server cluster

Efficient backup and restore of virtual input/output server (VIOS) cluster

Registration and initialization of cluster-aware virtual input/output server nodes

Autonomous primary node election within a virtual input/output server cluster

Autonomous propagation of virtual input/output (VIO) operation(s) to second VIO server (VIOS) due to a detected error condition at a first VIOS

Dynamic allocation of virtual real memory for applications based on monitored usage

Efficient backup and restore of a cluster aware virtual input/output server (VIOS) within a VIOS cluster

Efficient backup and restore of virtual input/output server (VIOS) cluster

Efficient backup and restore of a cluster aware virtual input/output server (VIOS) within a VIOS cluster

Management of file images in a virtual environment

Method and tool to overcome VIOS configuration validation and restoration failure due to DRC name mismatch

CYR MICHAEL P

Mechanism for preventing client partition crashes by removing processing resources from the client logical partition when an NPIV server goes down

Virtualizing storage for WPAR clients that share a common operating system of logical partition

Identifying dynamically changing virtual storage devices

Virtualizing storage for WPAR clients

Virtualizing storage for WPAR clients using node port ID virtualization

ALLEN JAMES P

Dynamically tracking virtual logical storage units

Method and apparatus for a fibre channel N-port ID virtualization protocol

Altering access to a fibre channel fabric

GANTI VEENA

Remote restarting client logical partition on a target virtual input/output server using hibernation data in a cluster aware data processing system

Supporting autonomous live partition mobility during a cluster split-brained condition

Supporting virtual input/output (I/O) server (VIOS) active memory sharing in a cluster environment

LOGAN BRYAN M

Automated paging device management in a shared memory partition data processing system

Automated paging device management in a shared memory partition data processing system

ARNDT RICHARD L

Paging partition arbitration of paging devices to shared memory partitions

Paging partition arbitration of paging devices to shared memory partitions

BROWN AARON C

Management of an IOV adapter through a virtual intermediary in a hypervisor with functional management in an IOV management partition

RECIO RENATO J

LUN masking/mapping in a SR-IOV enabled SAS adapter

ANDERSON RAY W

Virtual machine updates

ANDERSON GARY D

Arrangements for I/O control in a virtualized system

MEWHINNEY GREG R

Multiple node/virtual input/output (I/O) server (VIOS) failure recovery in clustered partition mobility

BENDER CARL DUANE

Providing first field data capture in a virtual input/output server (VIOS) cluster environment with cluster-aware vioses

PATWARI VEENA

Migrating memory data between partitions