- Patent Title: Method to detect and exclude orphaned virtual machines from backup
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Application No.: US16399402Application Date: 2019-04-30
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Publication No.: US11321185B2Publication Date: 2022-05-03
- Inventor: Sharath Talkad Srinivasan , Smitha Prakash Kalburgi
- Applicant: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
- Applicant Address: US MA Hopkinton
- Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
- Current Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Hopkinton
- Agency: Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry
- Main IPC: G06F11/14
- IPC: G06F11/14 ; G06F9/455
Abstract:
A method for performing a backup operation includes receiving, by a backup storage device, a backup request, and in response to the backup request: identifying a plurality of virtual machines (VMs) associated with the backup request, identifying a VM of the plurality of VMs that is in an orphaned state; and, initiating a backup for each of the plurality of VMs except the VM.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200349023A1 METHOD TO DETECT AND EXCLUDE ORPHANED VIRTUAL MACHINES FROM BACKUP Public/Granted day:2020-11-05
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