High-frequency virtual machine restore points

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a sequence of instructions which, when stored in memory and executed by a processor causes the processor to perform a set of acts for establishing restore points of an application configuration, the set of acts comprising:

• issuing queries for application configuration metadata, wherein the queries are issued to collect the application configuration metadata from a hypervisor of a virtualization system;
• generating higher frequency restore points that refer to lower frequency snapshots for the application configuration metadata, by:
• receiving a response to a first query, the response received from a hypervisor of the virtualization system that includes the application configuration metadata which describes a configuration of an application running in the virtualization system;
• generating a first snapshot of application configuration metadata using the response to the first query;
• establishing restore points at a first frequency, including a first restore point which corresponds to the first snapshot of application configuration metadata;
• and
• establishing a second restore point subsequent to the first restore point without issuing another query for the application configuration metadata, wherein the second restore point utilizes the first snapshot of application configuration metadata, such that the first snapshot corresponds to snapshots at a second frequency, the second frequency being lower than the first frequency.

A system for establishing restore points of an application configuration, the system comprising:

• a storage medium having stored thereon a sequence of instructions;
• and
• a processor that executes the instructions to cause the processor to perform a set of acts, the set of acts comprising,
• issuing queries for application configuration metadata, wherein the queries are issued to collect the application configuration metadata from a hypervisor of a virtualization system;
• generating higher frequency restore points that refer to lower frequency snapshots for the application configuration metadata, by:
• receiving a response to a first query, the response received from a hypervisor of the virtualization system that includes the application configuration metadata which describes a configuration of an application running in the virtualization system;
• generating a first snapshot of application configuration metadata using the response to the first query;
• establishing restore points at a first frequency, including a first restore point which corresponds to the first snapshot of application configuration metadata;
• and
• establishing a second restore point subsequent to the first restore point without issuing another query for the application configuration metadata, wherein the second restore point utilizes the first snapshot of application configuration metadata, such that the first snapshot corresponds to snapshots at a second frequency, the second frequency being lower than the first frequency.