VIRTUALIZED FILE SERVER BACKUP TO CLOUD
First Claim
1. A system for managing a virtualization environment, the system comprising:
- a plurality of host machines, wherein each of the host machines comprises a hypervisor, one or more user virtual machines (user VMs), and a virtual machine controller;
one or more virtual disks comprising a plurality of storage devices, the one or more virtual disks being accessible by the virtual machine controllers, wherein the virtual machine controllers conduct I/O transactions with the one or more virtual disks;
a virtualized file server (VFS) comprising a plurality of file server virtual machines (FSVMs), wherein each of the FSVMs is running on one of the host machines and conducts I/O transactions with the one or more virtual disks, and the host machines form a cluster; and
a backup system configured to;
provide, by at least one of the FSVMs, an object store interface to an object store;
back up data stored in the VFS to the object store via the object store interface; and
retrieve the backed-up data via the object store interface as needed to restore the data in the VFS.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a system for managing a virtualization environment comprises a plurality of host machines, one or more virtual disks comprising a plurality of storage devices, a virtualized file server (VFS) comprising a plurality of file server virtual machines (FSVMs), wherein each of the FSVMs is running on one of the host machines and conducts I/O transactions with the one or more virtual disks, and a virtualized file server backup system configured to back up data stored in a VFS located a cluster of host machines to an object store, and retrieve the backed-up data as needed to restore the data in the VFS. The object store may be located in a public cloud. The object store may include a low-cost storage medium within the cluster. An FSVM of the VFS may provide an object store interface to low-cost storage media.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for managing a virtualization environment, the system comprising:
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a plurality of host machines, wherein each of the host machines comprises a hypervisor, one or more user virtual machines (user VMs), and a virtual machine controller; one or more virtual disks comprising a plurality of storage devices, the one or more virtual disks being accessible by the virtual machine controllers, wherein the virtual machine controllers conduct I/O transactions with the one or more virtual disks; a virtualized file server (VFS) comprising a plurality of file server virtual machines (FSVMs), wherein each of the FSVMs is running on one of the host machines and conducts I/O transactions with the one or more virtual disks, and the host machines form a cluster; and a backup system configured to; provide, by at least one of the FSVMs, an object store interface to an object store; back up data stored in the VFS to the object store via the object store interface; and retrieve the backed-up data via the object store interface as needed to restore the data in the VFS. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software for managing a virtualization environment, the media comprising instructions operable when executed to:
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provide a plurality of host machines, wherein each of the host machines comprises a hypervisor, one or more user virtual machines (user VMs), and a virtual machine controller; provide one or more virtual disks comprising a plurality of storage devices, the one or more virtual disks being accessible by the virtual machine controllers, wherein the virtual machine controllers conduct I/O transactions with the one or more virtual disks; provide a virtualized file server (VFS) comprising a plurality of file server virtual machines (FSVMs), wherein each of the FSVMs is running on one of the host machines and conducts I/O transactions with the one or more virtual disks, and the host machines form a cluster; and provide, by at least one of the FSVMs, an object store interface to an object store; back up data stored in the VFS to the object store via the object store interface; and retrieve the backed-up data via the object store interface as needed to restore the data in the VFS. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for managing a virtualization environment, the method comprising:
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by one or more computing devices, providing a plurality of host machines, wherein each of the host machines comprises a hypervisor, one or more user virtual machines (user VMs), and a virtual machine controller; by the one or more computing devices, providing one or more virtual disks comprising a plurality of storage devices, the one or more virtual disks being accessible by the virtual machine controllers, wherein the virtual machine controllers conduct I/O transactions with the one or more virtual disks; by the one or more computing devices, providing a virtualized file server (VFS) comprising a plurality of file server virtual machines (FSVMs), wherein each of the FSVMs is running on one of the host machines and conducts I/O transactions with the one or more virtual disks, and the host machines form a cluster; and by the one or more computing devices, providing, by at least one of the FSVMs, an object store interface to an object store; by the one or more computing devices, backing up data stored in the VFS to the object store via the object store interface; and by the one or more computing devices, retrieving the backed-up data via the object store interface as needed to restore the data in the VFS. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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