Patent ID: 9417968
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method for coordinating, in a storage management system, between a restoration of a virtual machine and a virtual-machine-file-relocation operation, the method comprising: copying, by a media agent, a first set of data blocks from a backup copy of data associated with the virtual machine to a read-cache associated with the media agent, launching execution of the virtual machine on the host computing device, based at least in part on the first set of data blocks; copying, by the media agent, a second set of data blocks from the backup copy to the read-cache, while the virtual machine executes on the host computing device prior to the virtual-machine-file-relocation operation, serving, by the media agent, a read request for a data block, wherein serving the read request comprises: while the virtual machine and the virtual-machine-file-relocation operation execute concurrently on the host computing device: