Recovery of a software-defined data center from persistent entity stores for virtual machines
US11537474B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 1, 2019 |
| Grant date | Dec 27, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 17, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2201/815
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Examples described herein include systems and methods for backing up and recovering a software-defined data center (“SDDC”). In one example, entities of the SDDC, such as virtual machines, hosts, and clusters, can coexist with corresponding entity stores. The entity stores can store current state information for each SDDC entity. For example, an identifier or name of a virtual machine can be stored in that virtual machine's corresponding entity store. When recovery of a controller is needed, the controller can rebuild state information that has changed after the controller was backed up, by retrieving state information from entity stores of the various SDDC entities.
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