Auto-calculation of recovery plans for disaster recovery solutions

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10579488-B2
Application number	US-201715713714-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 25, 2017
Priority date	Jul 31, 2017
Publication date	Mar 3, 2020
Grant date	Mar 3, 2020

Abstract

One or more embodiments provide techniques for migrating virtual machines (VMs) from a private data center to a cloud data center. A hybrid cloud manager determines a scope of migration from the private data center to the cloud data center. The hybrid cloud manager groups each VM included in the scope of migration into one or more clusters. The hybrid cloud manager defines one or more migration phases. Each migration phase comprises a subset of the one or more clusters. The hybrid cloud manager generates a migration schedule based on at least the one or more migration phases. The hybrid cloud manager migrates the VMs from the private data center to the cloud data center in accordance with the migration schedule.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of migrating virtual machines (VMs) from a private data center to a cloud data center, comprising:
determining a scope of migration from the private data center to the cloud data center;
grouping each VM included in the scope of migration into one or more clusters;
defining one or more migration phases, wherein each migration phase comprises a subset of the one or more clusters;
generating a migration schedule based on at least the one or more migration phases; and
migrating the VMs from the private data center to the cloud data center in accordance with the migration schedule.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the scope of migration from the private data center to the cloud data center, comprises:
identifying those VMs marked as protected for disaster recovery scenarios.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the scope of migration from the private data center to the cloud data center, comprises:
identifying those VMs selected by a user for selective migration.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein grouping each VM included in the scope of migration into one or more clusters, comprises:
parsing a profile of each VM searching for an application signature associated with the VM.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein grouping each VM included in the scope of migration into one or more clusters, comprises:
identifying network connectivity of each VM.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein grouping each VM included in the scope of migration into one or more clusters, comprises:
identifying a location of each VM.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein grouping each VM included in the scope of migration into one or more clusters, comprises:
identifying security data for each VM.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein grouping each VM included in the scope of migration into one or more clusters, comprises:
identifying user input denoting in which cluster to group each VM.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform a method of migrating virtual machines (VMs) from a private data center to a cloud data center, comprising:
determining a scope of migration from the private data center to the cloud data center;
grouping each VM included in the scope of migration into one or more clusters;
defining one or more migration phases, wherein each migration phase comprises a subset of the one or more clusters;
generating a migration schedule based on at least the one or more migration phases; and
migrating the VMs from the private data center to the cloud data center in accordance with the migration schedule.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein determining the scope of migration from the private data center to the cloud data center, comprises:
identifying those VMs marked as protected for disaster recovery scenarios.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein determining the scope of migration from the private data center to the cloud data center, comprises:
identifying those VMs selected by a user for selective migration.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein grouping each VM included in the scope of migration into one or more clusters, comprises:
parsing a profile of each VM searching for an application signature associated with the VM.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein grouping each VM included in the scope of migration into one or more clusters, comprises:
identifying network connectivity of each VM.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein grouping each VM included in the scope of migration into one or more clusters, comprises:
identifying a location of each VM.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein grouping each VM included in the scope of migration into one or more clusters, comprises:
identifying security data for each VM.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein grouping each VM included in the scope of migration into one or more clusters, comprises:
identifying user input denoting in which cluster to group each VM.

17. A computer system, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory storing program code, which, when executed on the processor, performs a method of migrating virtual machines (VMs) from a private data center to a cloud data center, comprising:
determining a scope of migration from the private data center to the cloud data center;
grouping each VM included in the scope of migration into one or more clusters;
defining one or more migration phases, wherein each migration phase comprises a subset of the one or more clusters;
generating a migration schedule based on at least the one or more migration phases; and
migrating the VMs from the private data center to the cloud data center in accordance with the migration schedule.

18. The computer system of claim 17 , wherein determining the scope of migration from the private data center to the cloud data center, comprises:
identifying those VMs marked as protected for disaster recovery scenarios.

19. The computer system of claim 17 , wherein determining the scope of migration from the private data center to the cloud data center, comprises:
identifying those VMs selected by a user for selective migration.

20. The computer system of claim 17 , wherein grouping each VM included in the scope of migration into one or more clusters, comprises:
parsing a profile of each VM searching for an application signature associated with the VM.

Assignees

• Vmware Inc
• Vmare Inc

Inventors

• Basur Shankarappa Narendra Kumar
• Maskalik Serge
• Masurekar Uday
• Pritam Anand
• Srinivasan Aravind
• Sheehan Bob
• Deshpande Abhijeet
• Thakkar Sachin
• Pannem Hemanth Kumar

Classifications

• G06F11/1471

  involving logging of persistent data for recovery · CPC title

• G06F9/4856

  resumption being on a different machine, e.g. task migration, virtual machine migration (G06F9/5088 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F9/45558

  Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects · CPC title

• G06F11/203 Primary

  using migration · CPC title

• G06F2009/4557

  Distribution of virtual machine instances; Migration and load balancing · CPC title