Granted Patent B2

US 12,386,716 · App. 18/304,945 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Inventors: Parminder Singh Sethi (Ludhiana, IN); Lakshmi Saroja Nalam (Bangalore, IN)

Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.

G06F11/203

Abstract

Claims (70)

1. A method for performing data migration for devices, comprising:

monitoring, by a device migration delegator, containers of a first device, a container management system of the first device, and a hardware layer of the first device to generate performance metrics associated with the first device,

wherein the performance metrics comprise latency information of a processor of the first device, a temperature of the processor, a number of processes that are waiting to be executed by the processor, a load percentage of the processor, latency information of a storage of the first device, and information related to a bandwidth-delay product of a network to which the first device is operatively connected;

comparing the performance metrics against user-determined failure thresholds;

identifying, based on the comparing, a potential failure in the first device;

determining, based on the potential failure, that the first device is degrading;

identifying, based on the determining and by the device migration delegator, a migration delegation event associated with the first device;

in response to identifying the migration delegation event:

selecting at least one delegation action that the user wants a paired device to perform during the migration based on the migration delegation event and a user-generated degradation policy, wherein the policy specifies the at least one delegation action based on the potential failure in the first device;

requesting a duplicator to allocate another device for pairing;

obtaining, in response to the request, the paired device from the duplicator;

obtaining a token from the paired device;

authenticating the paired device using the token;

authorizing the paired device to perform the at least one delegation action using the token;

performing at least one non-delegation action of the migration by the first device; and

initiating, by the first device, performance of the at least one delegation action by the paired device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one non-delegation action is different from the at least one delegation action.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the at least one delegation action comprises at least one of a group consisting of:

encrypting data associated with the migration;

transferring the data to a target device; and

servicing requests for the data.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the at least one non-delegation action comprises at least one of a group consisting of:

encrypting data associated with the migration;

transferring the data to a target device; and

servicing requests for the data.

5. The method of claim 2 ,

wherein the at least one delegation action comprises encrypting data associated with the migration, and transferring the encrypted data to a target device,

wherein the at least one delegation action does not include servicing requests for data,

wherein the at least one non-delegation action is servicing requests for the data.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein requesting the duplicator to allocate another device for pairing comprises:

sending device information associated with the first device to the duplicator; and

sending the at least one delegation action to the duplicator.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the device information specifies a device configuration associated with the first device.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one delegation action is selected based on degradation of the first device.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the migration delegation event comprises obtaining a migration delegation request from a user.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the at least one delegation action is specified by the migration delegation request.

11. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable program code, which when executed by a computer processor enables the computer processor to perform a method for performing data migration for devices, the method comprising:

monitoring, by a device migration delegator, containers of a first device, a container management system of the first device, and a hardware layer of the first device to generate performance metrics associated with the first device,

wherein the performance metrics comprise latency information of a processor of the first device, a temperature of the processor, a number of processes that are waiting to be executed by the processor, a load percentage of the processor, latency information of a storage of the first device, and information related to a bandwidth-delay product of a network to which the first device is operatively connected;

comparing the performance metrics against user-determined failure thresholds;

identifying, based on the comparing, a potential failure in the first device;

determining, based on the potential failure, that the first device is degrading;

identifying, based on the determining and by the device migration delegator, as a migration delegation event associated with the first device;

in response to identifying the migration delegation event:

selecting at least one delegation action that the user wants a paired device to perform during the migration based on the migration delegation event and a user-generated degradation policy, wherein the policy specifies the at least one delegation action based on the potential failure in the first device;

requesting a duplicator to allocate another device for pairing;

obtaining the paired device from the duplicator;

obtaining a token from the paired device;

authenticating the paired device using the token;

authorizing the paired device to perform the at least one delegation action using the token;

performing at least one non-delegation action of the migration by the first device; and

initiating, by the first device, performance of the at least one delegation action by the paired device.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the at least one non-delegation action is different from the at least one delegation action.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the at least one delegation action comprises at least one of a group consisting of:

encrypting data associated with the migration;

transferring the data to a target device; and

servicing requests for the data.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the at least one non-delegation action comprises at least one of a group consisting of:

encrypting data associated with the migration;

transferring the data to a target device; and

servicing requests for the data.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12 ,

wherein the at least one delegation action comprises encrypting data associated with the migration, and transferring the encrypted data to a target device,

wherein the at least one delegation action does not include servicing requests for data,

wherein the at least one non-delegation action is servicing requests for the data.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein requesting the duplicator to allocate another device for pairing comprises:

sending device information associated with the first device to the duplicator; and

sending the at least one delegation action to the duplicator.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the device information specifies a device configuration associated with the first device.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the at least one delegation action is selected based on degradation of the first device.

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