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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2012
Emc Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Elango Chockalingam, Bangalore, IN;
Aditya Kapoor, Bangalore, IN;
Krishnendu Bagchi, Bangalore, IN;
Nikhil Ambastha, Bangalore, IN;
Anupam Chakraborty, Bangalore, IN;
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
This disclosure relates to a method, article of manufacture, and apparatus of performing backup in a failover cluster. In some embodiments, this includes determining whether a repository is part of a failover cluster, based on a determination that the repository is part of the failover cluster, analyzing a role associated with the repository, upon a determination that the role indicates the repository is a failover candidate within the failover cluster, triggering a secondary backup of the repository, and upon a determination that the role indicates the repository is a primary repository within the failover cluster, triggering a primary backup of the repository.