Automated virtual machine categorization using artificial intelligence techniques

A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium having stored therein program code of one or more software programs, wherein the program code when executed by at least one processing device causes the at least one processing device:

• to categorize one or more virtual machines associated with at least one computing environment by processing performance data corresponding to the one or more virtual machines using at least one neural network;
• to generate at least one explanation of the categorization of the one or more virtual machines by processing one or more outputs of the at least one neural network and context-based information pertaining to the one or more virtual machines using one or more retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) techniques;
• and
• to perform one or more automated actions related to one or more data backup operations within the at least one computing environment based at least in part on the at least one generated explanation.

An apparatus comprising:

• at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory;
• the at least one processing device being configured:
• to categorize one or more virtual machines associated with at least one computing environment by processing performance data corresponding to the one or more virtual machines using at least one neural network;
• to generate at least one explanation of the categorization of the one or more virtual machines by processing one or more outputs of the at least one neural network and context-based information pertaining to the one or more virtual machines using one or more retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) techniques;
• and
• to perform one or more automated actions related to one or more data backup operations within the at least one computing environment based at least in part on the at least one generated explanation.