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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2021
Netapp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Balamurali Palaiah, Gilroy, CA (US);
Kavish Pahade, Fremont, CA (US);
Vrishali Thorat, Fremont, CA (US);
Vineeth Karinta, Apex, NC (US);
Rajaram Balakrishnan, Fremont, CA (US);
Jayakrishnan Ramakrishna Pillai, Fremont, CA (US);
Sachin Anil Gandhi, Fremont, CA (US);
Priyanka Kasinath Surakanti, Livermore, CA (US);
NETAPP, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for protecting virtual machines is provided. One method includes identifying a plurality of volumes of a primary storage system for storing a plurality of data containers of a virtual machine ('VM'); generating a consistency group ('CG') snapshot of the plurality of volumes; associating a single instance storage clone of each data container of the VM from the CG snapshot to an active file system of the primary storage system; and generating metadata for representing a VM backup as a set having each of the single instance storage clone of each data container.