US 12,461,795 B2
Migrating workloads across container clusters with different processor architectures
Pradeep Shanmukha Jigalur, Hubli (IN); Christopher John Schaefer, Venice, FL (US); Rafael Brito, Austin, TX (US); Eduardo Rodrigues De Oliveira, Round Rock, TX (US); Astha Agarwal, Moradabad (IN); Prakash Mishra, Bangalore (IN); Frances Gold, Eugene, OR (US); Subhani Shaik, Nuzvid (IN); and Divya Rani, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Assigned to VMware LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed by VMware LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/079,024.
Claims priority of application No. 202241038498 (IN), filed on Jul. 5, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0012693 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 9/455 (2018.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 9/5088 (2013.01) [G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45562 (2013.01); G06F 2009/4557 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a migration container cluster, a request to migrate a workload from a source container cluster to a destination container cluster, wherein the source container cluster uses a first processor architecture and wherein the destination container cluster uses a second processor architecture different from the first processor architecture; and
creating, by the migration container cluster in response to the request, a backup of the workload from the source container cluster, the backup including metadata regarding one or more objects or resources of the workload; and
restoring, by the migration container cluster, the backup of the workload on the destination container cluster, wherein the restoring causes a worker node of the destination container cluster to automatically:
retrieve, from an image repository, a container image for the workload that is specific to the second processor architecture; and
deploy the container image as a running container on the worker node.