公开(公告)号：US12253919B2

公开(公告)日：2025-03-18

申请号：US18112993

申请日：2023-02-22

Applicant: NETAPP, INC.

Inventor： Rajaram Balakrishnan ,  Balamurali Palaiah ,  Jayakrishnan Ramakrishna Pillai ,  Kiran Joseph D Almeida ,  Negi Shardul Singh ,  Vineeth Karinta

IPC: G06F11/00 ,  G06F9/455 ,  G06F9/54 ,  G06F11/14

Abstract: Methods and systems for protecting virtual machines is provided. One method includes discovering, by a first plugin, from a virtual machine (“VM”) management system, a plurality of VMs that share a logical data store having a plurality of virtual volumes used for storing data for the VMs by a storage system registered with the first plugin and a virtual appliance of the VM management system; obtaining, by the first plugin, from the virtual appliance, metadata and storage layout of a set of virtual volumes used by a VM to store data; using a first application programming interface (API), by the first plugin, for identifying a first set of storage volumes used by the storage system to store data for the set of virtual volumes; and creating, by the first plugin, a consistency group (“CG”) having the identified the first set of storage volumes and generating a snapshot of the CG.

公开(公告)号：US20240193055A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-13

申请号：US18112993

申请日：2023-02-22

Applicant: NETAPP, INC.

Inventor： Rajaram Balakrishnan ,  Balamurali Palaiah ,  Jayakrishnan Ramakrishna Pillai ,  Kiran Joseph D Almeida ,  Negi Shardul Singh ,  Vineeth Karinta

IPC: G06F11/14

CPC classification number: G06F11/1484 ,  G06F11/1451 ,  G06F11/1469

Abstract: Methods and systems for protecting virtual machines is provided. One method includes discovering, by a first plugin, from a virtual machine (“VM”) management system, a plurality of VMs that share a logical data store having a plurality of virtual volumes used for storing data for the VMs by a storage system registered with the first plugin and a virtual appliance of the VM management system; obtaining, by the first plugin, from the virtual appliance, metadata and storage layout of a set of virtual volumes used by a VM to store data; using a first application programming interface (API), by the first plugin, for identifying a first set of storage volumes used by the storage system to store data for the set of virtual volumes; and creating, by the first plugin, a consistency group (“CG”) having the identified the first set of storage volumes and generating a snapshot of the CG.

公开(公告)号：US20240192980A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-13

申请号：US18112996

申请日：2023-02-22

Applicant: NETAPP, INC.

Inventor： Rajaram Balakrishnan ,  Balamurali Palaiah ,  Jayakrishnan Ramakrishna Pillai ,  Kiran Joseph D Almeida ,  Negi Shardul Singh ,  Vineeth Karinta

IPC: G06F9/455 ,  G06F11/14

CPC classification number: G06F9/45558 ,  G06F11/1469 ,  G06F2009/4557 ,  G06F2009/45583 ,  G06F2009/45587 ,  G06F2201/815

Abstract: Methods and systems for protecting virtual machines is provided. One method includes generating, by a first plugin, a directory for a virtual machine (VM) from among a plurality of VMs for a restore operation to restore the VM from a snapshot, the plurality of VMs sharing a logical data store having a plurality of virtual volumes used for storing data for the VMs by a storage system registered with the first plugin and a virtual appliance of a VM management system, the storage system using a first set of storage volumes to store data for a set of virtual volumes of the VM; renaming, by the first plugin, a logical object associated with the snapshot; and calling, by the first plugin, the virtual appliance to import the renamed logical object as a virtual volume.