VIRTUAL MACHINE CATEGORIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A method of grouping virtual machines, the method comprising:
- by a virtual server agent coordinator comprising computer hardware;
identifying a set of virtual machine provider systems in a primary storage system, each of the virtual machine provider systems including a virtual machine monitor and configured to host a set of virtual machines;
accessing metadata for each of the virtual machine provider systems from the set of virtual machine provider systems;
grouping the virtual machine provider systems into one or more groups based at least partially on the metadata for each of the virtual machine provider systems; and
assigning a set of virtual server agents to each group of virtual machine provider systems, wherein each virtual server agent is configured to backup data from at least one virtual machine in the primary storage system to a secondary storage system.
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Abstract
Virtual machine (VM) proliferation may be reduced through the use of Virtual Server Agents (VSAs) assigned to a group of VM hosts that may determine the availability of a VM to perform a task. Tasks may be assigned to existing VMs instead of creating a new VM to perform the task. Furthermore, a VSA coordinator may determine a grouping of VMs or VM hosts based on one or more factors associated with the VMs or the VM hosts, such as VM type or geographical location of the VM hosts. The VSA coordinator may also assign one or more VSAs to facilitate managing the group of VM hosts. In some embodiments, the VSA coordinators may facilitate load balancing of VSAs during operation, such as during a backup operation, a restore operation, or any other operation between a primary storage system and a secondary storage system.
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1. A method of grouping virtual machines, the method comprising:
by a virtual server agent coordinator comprising computer hardware; identifying a set of virtual machine provider systems in a primary storage system, each of the virtual machine provider systems including a virtual machine monitor and configured to host a set of virtual machines; accessing metadata for each of the virtual machine provider systems from the set of virtual machine provider systems; grouping the virtual machine provider systems into one or more groups based at least partially on the metadata for each of the virtual machine provider systems; and assigning a set of virtual server agents to each group of virtual machine provider systems, wherein each virtual server agent is configured to backup data from at least one virtual machine in the primary storage system to a secondary storage system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for grouping virtual machines, the system comprising:
a virtual server agent coordinator comprising computer hardware, the virtual server agent coordinator configured to; identify a set of virtual machine provider systems in a primary storage system, each of the virtual machine provider systems including a virtual machine monitor and configured to host a set of virtual machines; access metadata for each of the virtual machine provider systems from the set of virtual machine provider systems; group the virtual machine provider systems into one or more groups based at least partially on the metadata for each of the virtual machine provider systems; and assign a set of virtual server agents to each group of virtual machine provider systems, wherein each virtual server agent is configured to backup data from at least one virtual machine in the primary storage system to a secondary storage system. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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