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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2024
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Sunil Yadav, Bengaluru, IN;
Shelesh Chopra, Bangalore, IN;
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for enhancing backup and recovery of a virtual machine, including receiving, in connection with a backup operation, a metadata database and a backup image of the virtual machine. The method also includes making a first determination, based on the metadata database, that a portion of the backup image includes an anomaly, rewriting, in response to the first determination, the portion of the backup image to obtain a modified backup image, storing rewrite details in the metadata database to obtain a modified metadata database, and, after the storing, receiving a request to initiate a recovery operation for a host, providing the modified backup image and the modified metadata database to the host, mounting, at the host, the modified backup image, and performing a recovery operation for the virtual machine on the host using the modified metadata database and the modified backup image.