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Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2024

Filed:

Mar. 02, 2020
Applicant:

Vmware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Sunil Hasbe, Pune, IN;

Shirish Vijayvargiya, Pune, IN;

Assignee:

VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 (2018.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 11/1469 (2013.01); G06F 11/1484 (2013.01); G06F 21/566 (2013.01); G06F 21/568 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45562 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45575 (2013.01); G06F 2201/815 (2013.01); G06F 2201/84 (2013.01);
Abstract

An in-guest agent in a virtual machine (VM) operates in conjunction with a replication module. The replication module performs continuous data protection (CDP) by saving images of the VM as checkpoints at a disaster recovery site over time. Concurrently, the in-guest agent monitors for behavior in the VM that may be indicative of the presence of malicious code. If the in-guest agent identifies behavior (at a particular point in time) at the VM that may be indicative of the presence of malicious code, the replication module can tag a checkpoint that corresponds to the same particular point in time as a security risk. One or more checkpoints generated prior to the particular time may be determined to be secure checkpoints that are usable for restoration of the VM.


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