System and method for using remote module on VIOS to manage backups to remote backup servers
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsRobert George Kovacs, Anbazhagan Mani, Morgan Jeffrey Rosas, Vasu Vallabhaneni
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Abstract
A system, method, and program product is provided that receives a backup request at a virtual input/output server (VIOS) from a client of the VIOS. The backup request corresponds to a virtual nonvolatile storage that is used by the client. The VIOS retrieves data from the nonvolatile storage device where the virtual nonvolatile storage is stored. The VIOS transmits the retrieved data to a backup server via a computer network, such as the Internet. In one embodiment, a backup software application runs on the VIOS client and a backup proxy software application runs on the VIOS.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving a backup request at a virtual input/output server (VIOS) from a client of the VIOS, wherein the backup request corresponds to a virtual nonvolatile storage at the client, the virtual nonvolatile storage being a virtualized portion of a non-volatile storage device;
- retrieving, by the VIOS, data from the nonvolatile storage device corresponding to the virtual nonvolatile storage;
- and
- transmitting, by the VIOS, the retrieved data to a backup server via a computer network.
An information handling system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- a memory accessible by at least one of the processors;
- a nonvolatile storage device accessible by at least one of the processors;
- a network adapter that connects the information handling system to a computer network;
- a set of instructions stored in the memory and executed by at least one of the processors in order to perform actions of:
- receiving a backup request at a virtual input/output server (VIOS) from a client of the VIOS, wherein the backup request corresponds to a virtual nonvolatile storage at the client, the virtual nonvolatile storage being a virtualized portion of the nonvolatile storage device, wherein the client and the VIOS are software programs executed by the one or more processors;
- retrieving, by the VIOS, data from the nonvolatile storage device corresponding to the virtual nonvolatile storage;
- and
- transmitting, by the VIOS, the retrieved data to a backup server through the computer network via the network adapter.
A computer program product stored in a computer readable medium, comprising functional descriptive material that, when executed by an information handling system, causes the information handling system to perform actions that include:
- receiving a backup request at a virtual input/output server (VIOS) from a client of the VIOS, wherein the backup request corresponds to a virtual nonvolatile storage at the client, the virtual nonvolatile storage being a virtualized portion of a nonvolatile storage device;
- retrieving, by the VIOS, data from the nonvolatile storage device corresponding to the virtual nonvolatile storage;
- and
- transmitting, by the VIOS, the retrieved data to a backup server via a computer network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.