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Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 16, 2014
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Edward Raymond Bernal, Raleigh, NC (US);

Rahul Ghosh, Morrisville, NC (US);

Ivan M. Heninger, Selma, NC (US);

Douglas Alan Larson, Raleigh, NC (US);

Aaron James Quirk, Cary, NC (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1461 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04L 67/1095 (2013.01); H04L 67/16 (2013.01); H04L 67/42 (2013.01); G06F 2201/815 (2013.01);
Abstract

A technique for cloud infrastructure backup in a virtualized environment utilizing shared storage includes obtaining a workload input/output (I/O) profile to the shared storage over a time period. An attempt to locate one or more time windows in the workload I/O profile for which a cloud infrastructure backup can be staged is initiated. In response to determining the cloud infrastructure backup can be staged during at least one of the time windows, staging of the cloud infrastructure backup is scheduled during a selected one of the time windows. In response to determining the cloud infrastructure backup cannot be staged during at least one of the time windows, an interference tolerance approach is employed for accessing the shared storage for active workloads and the cloud infrastructure backup during the staging of the cloud infrastructure backup.


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