US 11,892,914 B2
System and method for an application container prioritization during a restoration
Mahesh Reddy Appireddygari Venkataramana, Bangalore (IN); Shelesh Chopra, Bangalore (IN); Chetan Battal, Bangalore (IN); and Swaroop Shankar D H, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US)
Filed by EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US)
Filed on Jul. 10, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/925,621.
Claims priority of application No. 202041022161 (IN), filed on May 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0374019 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 11/14 (2006.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 11/1469 (2013.01) [G06F 9/54 (2013.01); G06F 2201/805 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for managing application containers, the method comprising:
obtaining, by a restoration policy manager, a restoration request for a plurality of application containers to be restored in a production host; and
in response to the restoration request:
obtaining, by a backup server, container information associated with the plurality of application containers, wherein the container information comprises information for an application container that was at one point in time in the production host, a second application container that is scheduled to be hosted by the production host, and a third application container that has never been hosted by the production host;
assigning a restoration type to each application container in the plurality of application containers using the container information, wherein the plurality of application containers comprises the application container, the second application container, and the third application container;
updating a restoration type list based on the assigning; and
initiating a restoration of the plurality of application containers using the restoration type list.