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US 2019/0163372 A1Published application
Performing backup operations using replicas
AssigneeVeritas Technologies LLC
InventorSrineet Sridharan
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and processes to perform backup operations using replicas. A replica of a virtual machine is created as part of a replication operation. The replica includes data associated with the virtual machine and metadata associated with applications executing on the virtual machine. A backup operation generates a backup image from the replica using the metadata.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- creating a replica of a virtual machine, wherein
- the replica is created as part of a replication operation, and
- the replica comprises
- data associated with the virtual machine, and
- metadata associated with one or more applications executing on the virtual machine;
- and
- performing a backup operation, wherein
- performing the backup operation comprises generating a backup image from the replica using the metadata.
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A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising program instructions executable to:
- create a replica of a virtual machine, wherein
- the replica is created as part of a replication operation, and
- the replica comprises
- data associated with the virtual machine, and
- metadata associated with one or more applications executing on the virtual machine;
- and
- perform a backup operation, wherein
- performing the backup operation comprises generating a backup image from the replica using the metadata.
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A system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a memory coupled to the one or more processors, wherein the memory stores program instructions executable by the one or more processors to:
- create a replica of a virtual machine, wherein
- the replica is created as part of a replication operation, and
- the replica comprises
- data associated with the virtual machine, and
- metadata associated with one or more applications executing on the virtual machine;
- and
- perform a backup operation, wherein
- performing the backup operation comprises generating a backup image from the replica using the metadata.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.