Dynamically provisioning computing pods in a computing resource cluster based on a resource request from a storage manager of an information management system

US12033004B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Commvault Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Manas Bhikchand Mutha · Waretown, US
• Bhavyan Bharatkumar Mehta · Edison, US
• Arun Prasad Amarendran · Manalapan, US
• Prasad Nara · Manalapan, US
• Jaya Rama Raju Inavolu · Eatontown, US
• Shankarbabu Bhavanarushi · Hyderabad, IN
• Chandresh Sharma · Eatontown, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 22, 2021
• Grant date: Jul 9, 2024
• Expiry date: Dec 29, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F2209/508
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An information management system includes a storage manager for managing backup and/or restore operations for one or more client computing devices. The storage manager may be in communication with a resource administrator of a computing resource cluster, wherein the resource administrator instantiates one or more computing pods using the computing resource cluster. The resource administrator may receive a request for computing resources from the storage manager and provision the computing pods based on the request. The resource administrator may then select a pre-configured container image from one or more pre-configured container images based on the computing resource request, wherein the pre-configured container image configures a computing pod to create secondary copies of primary data from a particular primary data source of the information management system. The resource administrator may then communicate a message to the storage manager informing the storage of the availability of the provisioned computing pods.