Conversion of physical computers to virtualized environments method and system
A method for converting a physical file system to a virtual file system of a virtual machine. The method includes initiating a new incremental physical to virtual conversion process, and analyzing a history of a plurality of prior incremental conversions to determine whether there exists at least one prior incremental conversion that failed. Upon determination that a prior failed incremental conversion occurred, the method further includes determining a correct chronological order of the plurality of prior incremental conversions, and determining an original failure point and any subsequent failure points. The prior incremental conversions are re-applied from each of said original failure point and said subsequent failure points in the correct chronological order with the most recent incremental conversion re-applied last.
1. A method for converting a physical file system to a virtual file system of a virtual machine, comprising:
initiating a new incremental physical to virtual conversion process;
analyzing a history of a plurality of prior incremental conversions to determine whether there exists at least one prior incremental conversion that failed;
upon determination that a prior failed incremental conversion occurred, determining a correct chronological order of the plurality of prior incremental conversions;
determining an original failure point and any subsequent failure points; and
re-applying the prior incremental conversions from each of said original failure point and said subsequent failure points in the correct chronological order with the most recent incremental conversion re-applied last.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the physical file system is a physical volume and the virtual file system is a virtual volume.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the physical file system comprises a physical LUN and the virtual file system comprises a virtual LUN.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the physical file system comprises a physical hard drive and the virtual file system comprises a virtual hard drive.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the converting of the physical file system to the virtual file system comprises a self-healing process that is free of operator interaction.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the virtual machine is processed by applying a set of incremental conversions in reverse chronological order to the virtual file system.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of incremental conversions comprises a plurality of snapshots.
8. A computer readable storage medium having stored thereon, computer executable instructions that, if executed by a computer system cause the computer system to perform a method comprising:
initiating a new incremental physical to virtual conversion process;
analyzing a history of a plurality of prior incremental conversions to determine whether there exists at least one prior incremental conversion that failed;
upon determination that a prior failed incremental conversion occurred, determining a correct chronological order of the plurality of prior incremental conversions;
determining an original failure point and any subsequent failure points; and
re-applying the prior incremental conversions from each of said original failure point and said subsequent failure points in the correct chronological order with the most recent incremental conversion re-applied last.
9. The computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the physical file system is a physical volume and the virtual file system is a virtual volume.
10. The computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the physical file system comprises a physical LUN and the virtual file system comprises a virtual LUN.
11. The computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the physical file system comprises a physical hard drive and the virtual file system comprises a virtual hard drive.
12. The computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the converting of the physical file system to the virtual file system comprises a self-healing process that is free of operator interaction.
13. The computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the virtual machine is processed by applying a set of incremental conversions in reverse chronological order to the virtual file system.
14. The computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of incremental conversions comprises a plurality of snapshots.
15. A volume conversion system, comprising:
a computer system having a processor coupled to a computer readable storage media and executing computer readable code which causes the computer system to implement a conversion manager module, wherein the conversion manager module:
initiates a new incremental physical to virtual conversion process;
analyzes a history of a plurality of prior incremental conversions to determine whether there exists at least one prior incremental conversion that failed;
upon determination that a prior failed incremental conversion occurred, determines a correct chronological order of the plurality of prior incremental conversions;
determine an original failure point and any subsequent failure points; and
re-apply the prior incremental conversions from each of said original failure point and said subsequent failure points in the correct chronological order with the most recent incremental conversion re-applied last.
16. The volume conversion system of claim 15 , wherein the physical file system is a physical volume and the virtual file system is a virtual volume.
17. The volume conversion system of claim 15 , wherein the physical file system comprises a physical LUN and the virtual file system comprises a virtual LUN.
18. The volume conversion system of claim 15 , wherein the physical file system comprises a physical hard drive and the virtual file system comprises a virtual hard drive.
19. The volume conversion system of claim 15 , wherein the converting of the physical file system to the virtual file system comprises a self-healing process that is free of operator interaction.
20. The volume conversion system of claim 15 , wherein the plurality of incremental conversions comprises a plurality of snapshots.