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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Emc Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Assaf Natanzon, Tel Aviv, IL;
Ran Goldschmidt, Herzlyia, IL;
Raz Zieber, Brookline, MA (US);
Anat Inon, Rosh Ha'ain, IL;
Assignee:
EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/065 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01); G06F 3/0665 (2013.01); G06F 11/1435 (2013.01); G06F 11/1451 (2013.01); G06F 11/1484 (2013.01); G06F 2201/80 (2013.01); G06F 2201/815 (2013.01); G06F 2201/835 (2013.01); G06F 2201/84 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, system, and computer program product for intercepting IO to a virtual machine file system by a storage based splitter, replicating, via a replication appliance, the IO to a replica of the image; the replica of the image containing a replica of the virtual machine file system, and periodically mounting the replica of the virtual machine file system to create entries for a database tracking information about the virtual machines running in the hypervisor.