Resilient backups for large Hyper-V cluster shared volume environments
US10417099B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 30, 2015 |
| Grant date | Sep 17, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 17, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2201/84
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Embodiments are directed to a large-scale data backup system and method. A backup process accesses a defined policy defining how the virtual machines are to be grouped into a plurality of groups, and groups the plurality of virtual machines into the plurality of groups according to the defined policy with each group containing a number of virtual machines that can be backed up in a single backup operation without causing a system error. It then takes a snapshot backup of each group of the plurality of groups in a respective data rollover operation, and saves the snapshot backup of each group to a storage media. The policy may be a user-defined policy or a dynamic system-defined policy, and may be based on characteristics such as total number of virtual machines, system characteristics, and backup system constraints.
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