Patent ID: 11921586
Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable program code, which when executed by a computer processor enables the computer processor to perform a method for hosting virtual machines, the method comprising:
obtaining backup generation requests for the virtual machines; and
in response to obtaining the backup generation requests:
generating a first set of backup groupings based on the backup generation request, wherein each of the first set of backup groupings comprises at least one of the virtual machines;
issuing a disable migration command to a plurality of production hosts, wherein each of the plurality of production hosts is associated with at least one of the virtual machines;
identifying, after the issuing, a virtual machine, in a production host of the plurality of production hosts, of the virtual machines that is migrating;
removing, based on the identifying, the virtual machine from the first set of backup groupings to obtain a second set of backup groupings, wherein the virtual machine is placed in an excluded group after the removing;
backing up the second set of backup groupings
after backing up the second set of backup groupings, determining the virtual machine that has not completed migration; and
in response to the determination, maintaining the virtual machine in the excluded group, wherein no members of the excluded group are backed up.