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Private cloud replication and recovery

US8930747B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 30, 2012
Grant dateJan 6, 2015
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Expiry dateApr 4, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/2071
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Replication and recovery for a protected private cloud infrastructure that may include hosts, virtual machines (VMs) provisioned on the hosts, storage arrays and a management server. Metadata is periodically captured and made accessible to a recovery site. Upon a recovery event, replication of storage arrays is halted, and a number of target machines corresponding to the management server and the hosts to be recovered are assigned. The assigned management server and hosts are then bare provisioned by installing operating systems or hypervisors as specified by the metadata. Only then are recovery target machines connected to the replicated storage arrays so that virtual machines can be activated.

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