US 12,488,130 B1
Active directory data protection by leveraging virtual machine backup with change notification-based active directory backup
Sunil Yadav, Bengaluru (IN); Amarendra Behera, 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. 12, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/771,118.
Int. Cl. G06F 21/62 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 21/6218 (2013.01) [G06F 2221/034 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for managing data protection, the method comprising:
initiating, by a backup server, discovery for a new virtual machine (VM) in a production environment;
performing, using an active directory listener (AD), listening on active directory (AD) applications in the production environment, wherein the new VM executes one of the AD applications, and wherein the one of the AD applications comprises a set of AD objects and a directory service for managing the set of AD objects;
storing, based on the listening, monitored changes to obtain stored changes in the AD applications;
generating a change report based on the stored changes;
and using the change report to perform an incremental backup of the new VM and store a VM backup of the new VM and an AD application backup of the one of the AD applications in a backup storage system; wherein performing the incremental backup comprises: identifying the one of the AD applications on the new VM;
performing a backup of the new VM using the stored changes to store the VM backup and the AD application backup in the backup storage system; and
based on the identifying, marking the VM backup as AD-enabled.