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US 2019/0155696 A1Published application
Method and system for implementing consistency groups with virtual machines
AssigneeNutanix, Inc.
InventorsBinny Sher GILL, Brian BYRNE, Mohit ARON
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Abstract
Disclosed is an approach for implementing disaster recovery for virtual machines. Consistency groups are implemented for virtual machines, where the consistency group link together two or more VMs. The consistency group includes any set of VMs which need to be managed on a consistent basis in the event of a disaster recovery scenario.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- recognizing a failure of a virtual machine within a consistency group;
- and
- implementing disaster recovery by:
- identifying the consistency group, the consistency group linking a group of related virtual machines that are managed together;
- identifying a snapshot of a resource accessible to the virtual machine, the snapshot generated by locking the resource associated with the group of related virtual machines;
- and
- restoring the group of virtual machines from the snapshot.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a sequence of instructions which, when executed by a processor, causes a set of acts comprising:
- recognizing a failure of a virtual machine within a consistency group;
- and
- implementing disaster recovery by:
- identifying the consistency group, the consistency group linking a group of related virtual machines that are managed together;
- identifying a snapshot of a resource accessible to the virtual machine, the snapshot generated by locking the resource associated with the group of related virtual machines;
- and
- restoring the group of virtual machines from the snapshot.
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A system, comprising:
- a processor to execute a set of program code instructions;
- a memory to hold the set of program code instructions, in which the set of program code instructions comprises program code to perform:
- recognizing a failure of a virtual machine within a consistency group;
- and
- implementing disaster recovery by:
- identifying the consistency group, the consistency group linking a group of related virtual machines that are managed together;
- identifying a snapshot of a resource accessible to the virtual machine, the snapshot generated by locking the resource associated with the group of related virtual machines;
- and
- restoring the group of virtual machines from the snapshot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.