US 12,470,478 B2
Traffic routing in backup and recovery of non-addressable hosts
Rajesh Kumar Jaiswal, Bangalore (IN); Jiangbin Luo, Cupertino, CA (US); and Fan Du, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Assigned to Rubrik, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed by Rubrik, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/119,242.
Prior Publication US 2024/0305561 A1, Sep. 12, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 45/42 (2022.01); H04L 45/741 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 45/42 (2013.01) [H04L 45/741 (2013.01); H04L 63/166 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for data management, comprising:
receiving a packet at a data management system, wherein the packet is from a host that is within a network that includes one or more hosts for which the data management system is configured to provide backup and recovery services, wherein the packet includes an indication of a source internet protocol address, wherein, when the packet is received, the source internet protocol address is indicative of the network rather than the host, and wherein the packet further comprises an identifier associated with the host;
setting, after the packet is received at the data management system, the source internet protocol address of the packet to be a virtual internet protocol address associated with the host based at least in part on the identifier associated with the host;
routing the packet to a storage entity within the data management system that is used to back up the host, wherein routing the packet to the storage entity is based at least in part on the source internet protocol address being set to the virtual internet protocol address associated with the host; and
establishing a connection between the host and the storage entity based at least in part on routing the packet to the storage entity in accordance with the virtual internet protocol address, wherein the storage entity is configured to provide the backup and recovery services to the host.