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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2023
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Sharath Talkad Srinivasan, Bengaluru, IN;
Prakash Appayya Acharya, Bangalore, IN;
Mohammed Abdul Samad, Bangalore, IN;
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
Techniques described herein relate to a method for managing upgrades of backup agents in a data cluster. The method may include identifying, by a data protection manager, a backup agent upgrade event associated with a backup agent type of backup agent types and a data cluster that includes production hosts that execute virtual machines (VMs); in response to identifying the backup agent upgrade event: obtaining production host information associated with the production hosts; obtaining protection policy information associated with the production hosts; generating an upgrade schedule specifying a portion of production hosts associated with backup agent upgrades of backup agents of the backup agent type using the production host information and the protection policy information; and initiating performance of backup agent upgrades on the portion of production hosts based on the upgrade schedule.