Patent · US Active

System and method for improved application consistency in a distributed environment

US10572350B1 · kind B1 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

EMC IP Holding Company LLC · US

Inventors

Aaditya Rakesh Bansal · Kanchinakote, IN
Sunil Yadav · Sherpur, IN
Shelesh Chopra · Kanchinakote, IN
Soumen Acharya · Kanchinakote, IN
Manish Sharma · Kanchinakote, IN
Sudha Vamanraj Hebsur · Bengaluru, IN
Hareej G. Hebbur · Bengaluru, IN

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 16, 2018
Grant date	Feb 25, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 8, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2201/84
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A production host for hosting virtual machines includes a persistent storage and a production agent. The persistent storage stores virtual machine data associated with a virtual machine of the virtual machines and a virtual machine shadow copy associated with the virtual machine data. The production agent obtains a backup generation request for the virtual machine; in response to the backup generation request, generates the virtual machine shadow copy; makes a determination that the virtual machine shadow copy comprises an auto-recovery disk that comprises some data; in response to the determination, merges the virtual machine shadow copy using a parent block set storage template to obtain a backup of the virtual machine; and store the backup in backup storage. The parent block set storage template is not associated with the virtual machine shadow copy.

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