| CPC G06F 11/1469 (2013.01) [G06F 16/128 (2019.01); G06F 16/188 (2019.01); G06F 2201/84 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |
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1. A method comprising:
installing, by a processor, a data protection agent as a guest within a virtual machine hosted on a host, the virtual machine comprising an application and a copy service having a writer that quiesces the application upon a request requesting an application-consistent backup;
installing, on the host, a snapshot data mover external to the virtual machine;
upon receiving, at the data protection agent, a command to conduct the backup,
issuing, from the data protection agent, a first request to the copy service indicating that the application is to be backed up; and
issuing, from the data protection agent, a second request to the snapshot data mover, the second request requesting a snapshot of the application;
passing, by the snapshot data mover, the request for the snapshot to a virtual machine manager;
receiving, at the snapshot data mover from the virtual machine manager, an identifier identifying the snapshot;
passing the snapshot identifier to the data protection agent; and
locating, by the data protection agent, the snapshot and conducting the application-consistent backup.
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