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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2018
Emc Ip Holding Company Llc, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Anupam Sharma, Bangalore, IN;
EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment is related to a method for backing up virtual machines, comprising: determining whether virtual machines comprised in a backup policy group are to be backed up based on a present time and a backup schedule associated with the backup policy group; in response to a determination that the virtual machines comprised in the backup policy group are to be backed up, determining a data change ratio since a previous backup for each virtual machine comprised in the backup policy group; and backing up each virtual machine comprised in the backup policy group that has a data change ratio since the previous backup that meets a data change threshold associated with the backup policy group.