Methods and apparatus for providing hypervisor level data services for server virtualization
First Claim
1. A system for cloud-based data services for enterprise management, comprising:
- a first cloud hypervisor comprising a first virtual data services appliance that provides cloud-based services to a first enterprise;
a second cloud hypervisor comprising a second virtual data services appliance that provides cloud-based services to a second enterprise;
a first data services manager associated with the first enterprise that tracks a first status of the first virtual data services appliance of the first cloud hypervisor;
a second data services manager associated with the second enterprise that tracks a second status of the second virtual data services appliance of the second cloud hypervisor;
the first data services manager communicates with the second data services manager to coordinate the first status of the first virtual data services appliance and the second status of the second virtual data services appliance across the first cloud hypervisor and the second cloud hypervisor in providing the cloud-based services to the first enterprise and the second enterprise; and
the first data services manager and the second data services manager enable a plurality of virtual protection groups to designate a replication target for each virtual protection group of the plurality of virtual protection groups.
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Abstract
A system for cloud-based data services for multiple enterprises, including a plurality of cloud hypervisors that cooperatively provide cloud-based services to multiple enterprises, each hypervisor including a plurality of cloud virtual servers, each cloud virtual server being associated with an enterprise, at least one cloud virtual disk that is read from and written to by the at least one virtual server, each cloud virtual disk being associated with an enterprise, and a virtual data services appliance, which provides cloud-based data services, and multiple data services managers, one data services manager per respective enterprise, each of which coordinates the respective virtual data services appliances for those cloud hypervisors that service its corresponding enterprise.
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19 Claims
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1. A system for cloud-based data services for enterprise management, comprising:
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a first cloud hypervisor comprising a first virtual data services appliance that provides cloud-based services to a first enterprise; a second cloud hypervisor comprising a second virtual data services appliance that provides cloud-based services to a second enterprise; a first data services manager associated with the first enterprise that tracks a first status of the first virtual data services appliance of the first cloud hypervisor; a second data services manager associated with the second enterprise that tracks a second status of the second virtual data services appliance of the second cloud hypervisor; the first data services manager communicates with the second data services manager to coordinate the first status of the first virtual data services appliance and the second status of the second virtual data services appliance across the first cloud hypervisor and the second cloud hypervisor in providing the cloud-based services to the first enterprise and the second enterprise; and the first data services manager and the second data services manager enable a plurality of virtual protection groups to designate a replication target for each virtual protection group of the plurality of virtual protection groups. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of managing cloud-based data services for enterprises, comprising:
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tracking, by a first data services manager associated with a first enterprise for a first cloud hypervisor comprising a first virtual data services appliance that provides cloud-based services to the first enterprise, a first status of the first virtual data services appliance of the first cloud hypervisor associated with the first enterprise; tracking, by a second data services manager associated with a second enterprise for a second cloud hypervisor comprising a second virtual data services appliance that provides cloud-based services to the second enterprise, a second status of the second virtual data services appliance associated with the second enterprise; and communicating, by the first data services manager, with the second data services manager, to coordinate the first status of the first virtual data services appliance and the second status of the second virtual data services appliance across the first cloud hypervisor and the second cloud hypervisor in providing the cloud-based services to the first enterprise and the second enterprise, the first data services manager and the second data services manager to enable a plurality of virtual protection groups to designate a replication target for each virtual protection group of the plurality of virtual protection groups. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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