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Workflows for series of snapshots

  • US 10,055,307 B2
  • Filed: 06/30/2015
  • Issued: 08/21/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • managing, with a server, replication of a number of series of snapshots of a virtual computing instance (VCI);

    replicating, with an on-host agent, a parent series of the number of series of snapshots to at least one child series of the number of series of snapshots, wherein the parent series precedes the at least one child series in the number of series of snapshots;

    subsequent to the replicating, propagating a change in the snapshots of the parent series to the child series including propagating one or more snapshots from the parent series to the child series; and

    switching management of the replication of the number of series of snapshots from the server to a different server, wherein switching management comprises;

    determining that the different server has more resource availability than the first server,deactivating replication of the parent series, andactivating management of the parent series by the different server including loading the parent series from a data store.

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