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System and method for incremental virtual machine backup using storage system functionality
US9104331B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-9104331-B2 |
| Application number | US-201213631794-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | Sep 28, 2012 |
| Priority date | Sep 28, 2012 |
| Publication date | Aug 11, 2015 |
| Grant date | Aug 11, 2015 |
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Techniques for virtual machine incremental backup are described herein. According to one embodiment, a request for an incremental backing up a virtual machine (VM) is received at a storage system, the request identifying a requested VM disk image associated with a consistent state of the VM. The storage system determines a difference between the requested VM disk image and a previous VM disk image representing a previous VM backup. The changes between the requested VM disk image and a previous VM disk image are then transmitted to a target backup storage system.
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What is claimed is: 1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving at a storage system a virtual machine (VM) snapshot from a host system, the snapshot representing a consistent state of a VM hosted by the host system, wherein the storage system is communicatively coupled to the host system over a storage network, wherein the VM snapshot was captured by a virtual machine monitor (VM) in response to a first request received from a backup application server via a VMM applic…
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- What does patent US9104331B2 cover?
- Techniques for virtual machine incremental backup are described herein. According to one embodiment, a request for an incremental backing up a virtual machine (VM) is received at a storage system, the request identifying a requested VM disk image associated with a consistent state of the VM. The storage system determines a difference between the requested VM disk image and a previous VM disk im…
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- Emc Corp
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- Primary CPC classification G06F3/065. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
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- Publication date Tue Aug 11 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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