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Archiving virtual machines in a data storage system

  • US 10,684,883 B2
  • Filed: 04/17/2018
  • Issued: 06/16/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of restoring archived virtual machines (VMs) in a networked data storage system, comprising:

  • using one or more computing devices comprising one or more hardware processors coupled to memory;

    archiving a VM, wherein the VM is executed by a hypervisor on a client computing device onto one or more secondary storage devices such that the VM is no longer active;

    creating a VM placeholder configured to consume less computing resources than the VM, wherein the VM placeholder is executed by the hypervisor, the VM placeholder including information for restoring the VM from the one or more secondary storage devices;

    subsequent to archiving the VM, displaying a representation of the VM on the client computing device such that the VM continues to appear to be active after being archived;

    detecting user selection of the representation of the VM; and

    in response to detecting the user selection of the representation of the VM, using the information for restoring the VM from the one or more secondary storage devices, reactivating the VM by restoring at least a portion of the VM.

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