Shutdown and restart management in a distributed computing environment
Inventors
Teli, Faizan Bashir • Goyal, McMillan • Sharma, Sham • Palai, Debabrata
Assignees
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Publication Number
US-12711019-B2
Publication Date
2026-08-18
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Abstract
Devices, methods, and systems for shutdown and restart management in a distributed computing environment are described herein. One method includes determining whether a backup of a workload in a distributed computing environment exists, causing a shutdown sequence of the workload to occur at a first predetermined time to shut down the workload, and causing a restart sequence of the workload to occur to restart the workload in the distributed computing environment.
Core Innovation
The disclosed approach manages shutdown and restart of a workload in a distributed computing environment based on whether a backup exists. At scheduled times, the system shuts down the workload only if no exemption applies, then uses the backup to recreate and scale resources for restart. The backup sequence records namespace specifications and resource replica counts, while status checks and alerts address exceptions and failures.
The supplied partial content does not include the background section, so the problem as framed there is not explicitly described. It states that the approach aims to reduce resource use and costs while preserving workload data and limiting downtime. The described examples include Kubernetes workloads scheduled around weekends and holidays.
Claims Coverage
The three independent claims cover a method, a non-transitory computer-readable medium, and a computing device for backup-gated workload shutdown and restart management in a distributed computing environment, encompassing three inventive features.
Backup-gated shutdown and restart with exemption handling
The method determines whether a workload backup exists and, if it does, causes shutdown at a first predetermined time and restart at a later predetermined time after successful shutdown. During shutdown, it determines whether an exemption exists and initiates halting the shutdown sequence when an exemption is found.
Backup sequence listing namespaces and scheduled workload management
The computer-readable medium stores instructions that generate a workload backup by iterating through resources to list namespaces, determine whether the backup exists, and, when it exists, cause a scheduled shutdown followed by a restart after successful shutdown.
Computing device for database-backed shutdown and restart management
The computing device uses a processing resource and memory-stored instructions to generate and save a workload backup to a database, verify that the backup exists, and cause scheduled shutdown and later restart. During shutdown, it checks for an exemption and initiates stopping the shutdown sequence when an exemption exists.
The independent claims cover three forms of backup-verified workload management: a method, stored instructions, and a computing device. Their shared features are scheduled shutdown and restart following successful backup verification; the method and device claims also include stopping shutdown when an exemption exists.
Stated Advantages
The approach aims to reduce resource use and costs while preserving workload data and limiting downtime.
Documented Applications
The disclosed approach is illustrated for Kubernetes workloads scheduled around weekends and holidays.
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