US 11,947,952 B2
Virtualized file server disaster recovery
Anil Kumar Gopalapura Venkatesh, Santa Clara, CA (US); Richard James Sharpe, Mountain View, CA (US); Durga Mahesh Arikatla, San Jose, CA (US); Kalpesh Ashok Bafna, Milpitas, CA (US); and Devyani Suryakant Kanada, Cupertino, CA (US)
Assigned to Nutanix, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Nutanix, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/866,225.
Application 17/866,225 is a continuation of application No. 15/422,286, filed on Feb. 1, 2017, granted, now 11,544,049.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/294,984, filed on Feb. 12, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0350592 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 16/176 (2019.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 8/65 (2018.01); G06F 9/4401 (2018.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); G06F 11/07 (2006.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01); G06F 11/20 (2006.01); G06F 16/17 (2019.01); G06F 16/182 (2019.01); G06F 16/23 (2019.01); G06F 21/53 (2013.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 21/78 (2013.01); H04L 41/06 (2022.01); H04L 41/082 (2022.01); H04L 67/1095 (2022.01); H04L 67/1097 (2022.01); H04L 41/0859 (2022.01); H04L 41/5009 (2022.01); H04L 67/00 (2022.01); H04L 67/10 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 8/65 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/0647 (2013.01); G06F 3/065 (2013.01); G06F 3/0664 (2013.01); G06F 3/0665 (2013.01); G06F 3/0683 (2013.01); G06F 3/0689 (2013.01); G06F 9/4406 (2013.01); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 11/0712 (2013.01); G06F 11/0751 (2013.01); G06F 11/0793 (2013.01); G06F 11/1451 (2013.01); G06F 11/1464 (2013.01); G06F 11/1484 (2013.01); G06F 11/2025 (2013.01); G06F 11/2033 (2013.01); G06F 11/2035 (2013.01); G06F 11/2046 (2013.01); G06F 11/2058 (2013.01); G06F 11/2069 (2013.01); G06F 16/1727 (2019.01); G06F 16/176 (2019.01); G06F 16/1774 (2019.01); G06F 16/183 (2019.01); G06F 16/1844 (2019.01); G06F 16/2365 (2019.01); G06F 21/53 (2013.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01); G06F 21/6218 (2013.01); G06F 21/78 (2013.01); H04L 41/06 (2013.01); H04L 41/082 (2013.01); H04L 67/1095 (2013.01); H04L 67/1097 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45579 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45583 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45587 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01); G06F 2201/80 (2013.01); G06F 2201/815 (2013.01); G06F 2201/825 (2013.01); G06F 2201/84 (2013.01); G06F 2201/87 (2013.01); G06F 2221/034 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2101 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2141 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2145 (2013.01); H04L 41/0859 (2013.01); H04L 41/5009 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04L 67/34 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a host machine;
a storage pool, the storage pool including local storage provided by one or more local storage devices connected to the host machine;
a virtualized file server (VFS) including a file server virtual machine (FSVM) configured to execute on the host machine, and at least one other FSVM on another host machine, the FSVM configured to process an access request from a client to access one or more storage items stored in the storage pool, and
a virtualized file server backup system configured to identify a protection domain including a share stored in the storage pool, the virtualized file server backup system further configured to specify a backup policy for the protection domain.