US 12,481,568 B2
Virtual machine failover management for geo-redundant data centers
Disheng Su, San Jose, CA (US); Bharadwaj Rayala, Santa Clara, CA (US); and Li Ding, Cupertino, CA (US)
Assigned to Rubrik, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed by Rubrik, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 25, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/423,112.
Application 18/423,112 is a continuation of application No. 17/708,935, filed on Mar. 30, 2022, granted, now 11,921,596.
Prior Publication US 2024/0160538 A1, May 16, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 11/20 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 11/2028 (2013.01) [G06F 11/1451 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45562 (2013.01); G06F 2009/4557 (2013.01); G06F 2201/815 (2013.01); G06F 2201/84 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
establishing a partition within a virtual data storage infrastructure that includes a first data center and a second data center;
replicating a full snapshot and one or more incremental snapshots of a virtual machine from a first data management platform to a second data management platform, wherein the virtual machine is migrated from a first host associated with the first data center to a second host associated with the second data center upon a failover event occurring at the first data center;
linking a first instance of the virtual machine that was replicated from the first data management platform for the first data center and a second instance of the virtual machine that is managed by the second data management platform for the second data center upon the failover event occurring at the first data center; and
capturing an incremental snapshot of the virtual machine by the second data management platform.