System and method for backing up data in a load-balanced clustered environment

A system for backing up data in a clustered environment, the system comprising:

• a hardware processor configured to:
• select a clustered resource to be backed up, wherein the clustered resource is stored on a common storage system and modifiable by a cluster-aware application executing on at least a first node and a second node of a computing cluster;
• migrate, by a load-balanced application of the cluster-aware application, the clustered resource from the first node classified has having high resource consumption at a given time to the second node classified as having low resource consumption at the given time;
• determine, by a backup agent executing on the second node, a list of changes to the clustered resource requested by an instance of the cluster-aware application executing on the second node;
• receive another list of changes to the clustered resource requested by a peer instance of the cluster-aware application executing on the first node;
• generate a merged list of changes by merging the list of changes to the another list of changes;
• and
• generate a consistent incremental backup using data retrieved from the common storage system according to the merged list of changes to the clustered resource.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing thereon computer executable instructions for backing up data in a clustered environment, including instructions for:

• selecting a clustered resource to be backed up, wherein the clustered resource is stored on a common storage system and modifiable by a cluster-aware application executing on at least a first node and a second node of a computing cluster;
• migrating, by a load-balanced application of the cluster-aware application, the clustered resource from the first node classified has having high resource consumption at a given time to the second node classified as having low resource consumption at the given time;
• determining, by a backup agent executing on the second node, a list of changes to the clustered resource requested by an instance of the cluster-aware application executing on the second node;
• receiving another list of changes to the clustered resource requested by a peer instance of the cluster-aware application executing on the first node;
• generating a merged list of changes by merging the list of changes to the another list of changes;
• and
• generating a consistent incremental backup using data retrieved from the common storage system according to the merged list of changes to the clustered resource.