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Discovering new physical machines for physical to virtual conversion

  • US 8,769,224 B1
  • Filed: 09/30/2011
  • Issued: 07/01/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for protecting data, comprising:

  • connecting a new physical machine to a router;

    detecting the new physical machine, with a virtual appliance, based on the connection;

    adding the new physical machine to a database; and

    backing up the new physical machine to a deduplicated virtual storage device, wherein the backup is in a virtual format, wherein backing up the new physical machine comprises;

    taking a snapshot of a physical volume on the physical machine;

    creating a blank virtual container on the deduplicated virtual storage device;

    calculating a hash of a block in the snapshot;

    determining whether the deduplicated virtual storage device has the hash; and

    populating the blank virtual container with the block when the deduplicated virtual storage devices does not have the hash.

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