US 12,353,301 B1
Splitting image backups into sub-images
Sunil Yadav, Bengaluru (IN); and Shelesh Chopra, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Jul. 26, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/785,477.
Int. Cl. G06F 11/14 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01)
CPC G06F 11/1469 (2013.01) [G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45591 (2013.01); G06F 2201/815 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for enhancing backup and recovery of a virtual machine (VM), comprising:
monitoring an application on the VM;
making a first determination, based on the monitoring, that a VM event has occurred;
obtaining, in response to the first determination, VM metadata associated with the application;
storing the VM metadata in a backup-ready metadata database;
providing, in response to receiving a request to initiate a backup operation, the backup-ready metadata database and a backup image of the VM to a backup storage;
logically splitting, using the backup-ready metadata database, the backup image into a plurality of logical portions;
making a second determination that a first one of the plurality of logical portions does not comprise an anomaly;
sending, in response to the second determination, the first one of the plurality of logical portions to a vault storage;
making a third determination that a second one of the plurality of logical portions does comprise an anomaly; and
generating and sending an error message to a user in response to the third determination.