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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2014
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Atul Khandelwal, Pune, IN;
Veritas Technologies, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
The disclosed computer-implemented method for backing up virtual machines deployed in virtual storage area networks may include (1) detecting an attempt to back up a virtual machine deployed in a virtual storage area network, (2) identifying, within the virtual storage area network, a plurality of virtual servers that are each hosting a portion of the virtual machine, (3) obtaining each portion of the virtual machine in parallel from the plurality of virtual servers within the virtual storage area network, and then (4) backing up each portion of the virtual machine obtained from the plurality of virtual servers. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.