Effective method to backup VMs in larger VM infrastructure
View Patent ↗One embodiment is related to a method for coordinating virtualized proxy node based virtual machine (VM) backups, comprising: determining one or more strategies for coordinating a plurality of virtualized proxy nodes for VM backup; and initiating one or more virtualized proxy node based VM backups based on the determined one or more strategies.
1. A method for coordinating virtualized proxy node based virtual machine (VM) backups, comprising:
determining one or more strategies for coordinating a plurality of virtualized proxy nodes for VM backup, wherein the one or more strategies comprise migrating an idle virtualized proxy node to a physical server where one or more VMs are waiting to be backed up; and
initiating one or more virtualized proxy node based VM backups based on the determined one or more strategies.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein each virtualized proxy node is capable of backing up a plurality of VMs concurrently.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more strategies further comprise limiting a virtualized proxy node to backing up only VMs residing in a same physical server as the virtualized proxy node.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more strategies further comprise assigning additional VM backup tasks on a physical server to an already active virtualized proxy node residing in the same physical server first.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more strategies further comprise dividing VM backup tasks on a physical server equally among a plurality of virtualized proxy nodes residing in the same physical server.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more strategies further comprise migrating a virtualized proxy node from a first physical server associated with a low priority level to a second physical server associated with a high priority level to back up one or more VMs residing in the second physical server.
7. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions stored therein which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform backup operations, the operations comprising:
determining one or more strategies for coordinating a plurality of virtualized proxy nodes for virtual machine (VM) backup, wherein the one or more strategies comprise migrating an idle virtualized proxy node to a physical server where one or more VMs are waiting to be hacked up; and
initiating one or more virtualized proxy node based VM backups based on the determined one or more strategies.
8. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 7 , wherein each virtualized proxy node is capable of backing up a plurality of VMs concurrently.
9. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the one or more strategies further comprise limiting a virtualized proxy node to backing up only VMs residing in a same physical server as the virtualized proxy node.
10. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the one or more strategies further comprise assigning additional VM backup tasks on a physical server to an already active virtualized proxy node residing in the same physical server first.
11. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the one or more strategies further comprise dividing VM backup tasks on a physical server equally among a plurality of virtualized proxy nodes residing in the same physical server.
12. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the one or more strategies further comprise migrating a virtualized proxy node from a first physical server associated with a low priority level to a second physical server associated with a high priority level to back up one or more VMs residing in the second physical server.
13. A data processing system, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory coupled to the processor storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform backup operations, the operations including:
determining one or more strategies for coordinating a plurality of virtualized proxy nodes for virtual machine (VM) backup, wherein the one or more strategies comprise migrating an idle virtualized proxy node to a physical server where one or more VMs are waiting to be backed up; and
initiating one or more virtualized proxy node based VM backups based on the determined one or more strategies.
14. The data processing system of claim 13 , wherein each virtualized proxy node is capable of backing up a plurality of VMs concurrently.
15. The data processing system of claim 13 , wherein the one or more strategies further comprise limiting a virtualized proxy node to backing up only VMs residing in a same physical server as the virtualized proxy node.
16. The data processing system of claim 13 , wherein the one or more strategies further comprise assigning additional VM backup tasks on a physical server to an already active virtualized proxy node residing in the same physical server first.
17. The data processing system of claim 13 , wherein the one or more strategies further comprise dividing VM backup tasks on a physical server equally among a plurality of virtualized proxy nodes residing in the same physical server.
18. The data processing system of claim 13 , wherein the one or more strategies further comprise migrating a virtualized proxy node from a first physical server associated with a low priority level to a second physical server associated with a high priority level to back up one or more VMs residing in the second physical server.
19. A method for coordinating virtualized proxy node based virtual machine (VM) backups, comprising:
determining one or more strategies for coordinating a plurality of virtualized proxy nodes for VM backup, wherein the one or more strategies comprise migrating a virtualized proxy node from a first physical server associated with a low priority level to a second physical server associated with a high priority level to back up one or more VMs residing in the second physical server; and
initiating one or more virtualized proxy node based VM backups based on the determined one or more strategies.
20. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions stored therein which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform backup operations, the operations comprising:
determining one or more strategies for coordinating a plurality of virtualized proxy nodes for virtual machine (VM) backup, wherein the one or more strategies comprise migrating a virtualized proxy node from a first physical server associated with a low priority level to a second physical server associated with a high priority level to back up one or more VMs residing in the second physical server; and
initiating one or more virtualized proxy node based VM backups based on the determined one or more strategies.
21. A data processing system, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory coupled to the processor storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform backup operations, the operations including:
determining one or more strategies for coordinating a plurality of virtualized proxy nodes for virtual machine (VM) backup, wherein the one or more strategies comprise migrating a virtualized proxy node from a first physical server associated with a low priority level to a second physical server associated with a high priority level to back up one or more VMs residing in the second physical server; and
initiating one or more virtualized proxy node based VM backups based on the determined one or more strategies.