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Systems and methods for managing virtual machine backups

  • US 9,524,215 B1
  • Filed: 07/30/2013
  • Issued: 12/20/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for managing virtual machine backups, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising:

  • identifying a maximum recovery point objective for a virtual machine with an associated virtual machine disk file on a storage device that possesses hardware snapshot capabilities;

    identifying an available hardware snapshot of the storage device on which the virtual machine disk file resides, the hardware snapshot having been created using the hardware snapshot capabilities of the storage device;

    determining that a timestamp of the hardware snapshot lies within a period of time defined by the maximum recovery point objective as occurring after an incident that impacts system operation; and

    in response to determining that the timestamp of the hardware snapshot lies within the period of time defined by the maximum recovery point objective, constructing a backup of the virtual machine from the hardware snapshot by extending a retention time of the hardware snapshot to the maximum recovery point objective instead of creating the backup from the virtual machine disk file.

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