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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2017
Commvault Systems, Inc., Tinton Falls, NJ (US);
Amit Mitkar, Manalapan, NJ (US);
Sumer Dilip Deshpande, Ocean, NJ (US);
Henry Wallace Dornemann, Eatontown, NJ (US);
Rahul S. Pawar, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Ashwin Gautamchand Sancheti, Ocean, NJ (US);
Commvault Systems, Inc., Tinton Falls, NJ (US);
Abstract
The data storage system according to certain aspects can manage the archiving of virtual machines to (and restoring of virtual machines from) secondary storage. The system may archive virtual machines (VMs) that are determined to have a low level of utilization. The system may create a virtual machine placeholder for an archived VM, which may be a 'light' or minimal version of the VM that acts like the actual VM. By using a VM placeholder, a VM may appear to be active and selectable by the user. When the user selects the VM, the VM placeholder can interact with the user in similar manner as the VM. Accessing the VM placeholder may trigger restore of the archived VM from secondary storage. The restore of the archived VM may be 'seamless' to the user since the VM remains available while it is being restored.