Fully dynamic virtual proxies for data protection

A method comprising:

• determining one or more threshold parameters for each virtual proxy in a plurality of virtual proxies, each virtual proxy providing data protection services for a plurality of virtual machines;
• receiving virtual machine protection data of each respective virtual proxy indicating current utilization of data protection services of each respective virtual proxy by the plurality of virtual machines associated with each respective virtual proxy;
• identifying, based on the virtual machine protection data received for each virtual proxy, at least one under-utilized virtual proxy and at least one over-utilized virtual proxy, the at least one under-utilized virtual proxy having virtual machine protection data that is less than the one or more threshold parameters for the at least one under-utilized virtual proxy;
• and
• causing the at least one under-utilized virtual proxy to receive upcoming backup data flow before the at least one over-utilized virtual proxy.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium having a computer-readable program code embodied therein to be executed by one or more processors, the program code including instructions to:

• determine one or more threshold parameters for each virtual proxy in a plurality of virtual proxies, each virtual proxy providing data protection services for a plurality of virtual machines;
• receive virtual machine protection data of each respective virtual proxy indicating current utilization of data protection services of each respective virtual proxy by the plurality of virtual machines associated with each respective virtual proxy;
• identify, based on the virtual machine protection data received for each virtual proxy, at least one under-utilized virtual proxy and at least one over-utilized virtual proxy, the at least one under-utilized virtual proxy having virtual machine protection data that is less than the one or more threshold parameters for the at least one under-utilized virtual proxy;
• and
• cause the at least one under-utilized virtual proxy to receive upcoming backup data flow before the at least one over-utilized virtual proxy.