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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2015
Emc Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Shelesh Chopra, Bangalore, IN;
Vladimir Mandic, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael Jones, Lake Stevens, WA (US);
EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments are described for dynamically spawning and/or decommissioning backup proxy nodes in a virtual infrastructure. A backup server can include a polling agent that polls the virtual infrastructure to determine a list of virtual machines whose data is to be backed up, and a list if virtual proxy nodes that facilitate backups of virtual machine data. A proxy map can be generated that describes the mapping of virtual machines to backup proxy nodes in the virtual infrastructure. Rules can be applied to the proxy map to determine whether a new proxy node should be spawned or an existing proxy node should be decommissioned. A new virtual proxy can be generated by accessing a database of preconfigured template virtual proxies to quickly generate the new virtual proxy. One or more virtual machines can be remapped to the newly created virtual proxy to ensure optimal throughput of backup data.