Application recovery configuration validation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12399792-B2
Application number	US-202318400089-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 29, 2023
Priority date	Mar 16, 2022
Publication date	Aug 26, 2025
Grant date	Aug 26, 2025

Abstract

A storage appliance may be configured to perform a method to evaluate a failover procedure. The method may include receiving a trigger indication to perform a test failover procedure for a plurality of virtual machines and identifying, based on receiving the trigger indication, a set of procedures for performing a full failover procedure on a target system based at least in part on a recovery configuration for the plurality of virtual machines. The method may include selecting a subset of test procedures of the set of procedures, causing execution on the target system of the subset of test procedures on a subset of virtual machines of the plurality of virtual machines, and calculating, based at least in part on the execution of the subset of test procedures on the subset of virtual machines, a success metric associated with the full failover procedure for the plurality of virtual machines.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
identifying, using a recovery configuration for a plurality of virtual machines, a set of procedures for performing a full failover procedure on a target system;
selecting, for performing a test failover procedure and based at least in part on metadata associated with the plurality of virtual machines, a subset of test procedures of the set of procedures;
causing execution, on the target system, of the subset of test procedures on a subset of virtual machines of the plurality of virtual machines;
activating, at the target system in association with execution of the subset of test procedures, a data hydration procedure to store data at the target system; and
calculating, based at least in part on the execution of the subset of test procedures on the subset of virtual machines and the data hydration procedure, a success metric associated with the full failover procedure for the plurality of virtual machines.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying the recovery configuration associated with the plurality of virtual machines, wherein the recovery configuration specifies a boot order for booting each machine of the plurality of virtual machines.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
identifying the subset of virtual machines that conflicts with the boot order of the plurality of virtual machines specified by the recovery configuration.

4. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
identifying the metadata from the recovery configuration, wherein the subset of test procedures is determined based at least in part on the metadata identified from the recovery configuration.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
monitoring, at the target system based at least in part on activating the data hydration procedure, a hydration speed, a hydration success rate, or both at the target system, wherein the success metric is calculated based at least in part on the hydration speed, the hydration success rate, or both.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein causing execution of the subset of test procedures comprises:
testing a storage capacity of the target system based at least in part on the data hydration procedure.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein causing execution of the subset of test procedures comprises:
testing one or more network configurations on a cloned virtual machine corresponding to the hydrated target system.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein calculating the success metric comprises:
calculating the success metric based at least in part on predetermined list of terminal test procedures that are executed, a predetermined list of serious test procedures that are executed, and a predetermined list of information test procedures that are executed.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the success metric is zero when one or more of the predetermined list of terminal test procedures fails.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein a first weight is applied to the predetermined list of serious test procedures, a second weight is applied to the predetermined list of information test procedures, and the first weight is greater than the second weight.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, from a user interface system, an indication of selection of one or more of the subset of test procedures.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein causing execution of the subset of test procedures comprises:
testing one or more permissions, determining whether a snapshot is present, determining whether resources are present, or a combination thereof.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the subset of test procedures includes testing one or more network configurations for a first virtual machine on the target system, testing a storage capacity of the target system, or both.

14. An apparatus, comprising:
one or more memories storing processor-executable code; and
one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories and individually or collectively operable to execute the code to cause the apparatus to:
identify, using a recovery configuration for a plurality of virtual machines, a set of procedures for performing a full failover procedure on a target system;
select, for performing a test failover procedure and based at least in part on metadata associated with the plurality of virtual machines, a subset of test procedures of the set of procedures;
cause execution, on the target system, of the subset of test procedures on a subset of virtual machines of the plurality of virtual machines;
activate, at the target system in association with execution of the subset of test procedures, a data hydration procedure to store data at the target system; and
calculate, based at least in part on the execution of the subset of test procedures on the subset of virtual machines and the data hydration procedure, a success metric associated with the full failover procedure for the plurality of virtual machines.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the apparatus to:
identify the recovery configuration associated with the plurality of virtual machines, wherein the recovery configuration specifies a boot order for booting each machine of the plurality of virtual machines.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the apparatus to:
identify the subset of virtual machines that conflicts with the boot order of the plurality of virtual machines specified by the recovery configuration.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code, the code comprising instructions executable by one or more processors to:
identify, using a recovery configuration for a plurality of virtual machines, a set of procedures for performing a full failover procedure on a target system;
select, for performing a test failover procedure and based at least in part on metadata associated with the plurality of virtual machines, a subset of test procedures of the set of procedures;
cause execution, on the target system, of the subset of test procedures on a subset of virtual machines of the plurality of virtual machines;
activate, at the target system in association with execution of the subset of test procedures, a data hydration procedure to store data at the target system; and
calculate, based at least in part on the execution of the subset of test procedures on the subset of virtual machines and the data hydration procedure, a success metric associated with the full failover procedure for the plurality of virtual machines.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to:
identify the recovery configuration associated with the plurality of virtual machines, wherein the recovery configuration specifies a boot order for booting each machine of the plurality of virtual machines.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to:
identify the subset of virtual machines that conflicts with the boot order of the plurality of virtual machines specified by the recovery configuration.

Assignees

• Rubrik Inc

Inventors

• Kumar Abhishek
• Chen Shaomin
• Kaur Harmeet
• Muniraju Muraliraja
• Huang Angela
• Zou Hongbo

Classifications

• G06F11/1417

  Boot up procedures · CPC title

• G06F9/45558 Primary

  Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects · CPC title

• G06F2009/4557

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

• G06F2009/45562

  Creating, deleting, cloning virtual machine instances · CPC title

• G06F2009/45591

  Monitoring or debugging support · CPC title