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VIRTUAL MACHINE BACKUP USING SNAPSHOTS AND CURRENT CONFIGURATION

  • US 20140149696A1
  • Filed: 11/28/2012
  • Published: 05/29/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • identifying, by a computing system, a snapshot request for a virtual machine operating on a host computing system;

    initiating a storage snapshot of storage devices in use by the virtual machine, the storage snapshot to be stored on a backup storage device;

    generating a metadata snapshot of a configuration of the virtual machine;

    creating a link between the storage snapshot and the metadata snapshot; and

    maintaining the metadata snapshot in a data store.

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