Patent ID: 9552405
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method comprising: generating a snapshot of a first portion of a complex asset at a first site of a distributed information processing system; sending the snapshot to a second site of the distributed information processing system; and replicating a second portion of the complex asset at the second site; wherein the first portion of the complex asset comprises one or more virtual machines provided by one or more hypervisors of a virtualization platform of the first site; wherein the second portion of the complex asset comprises: wherein recovery of the complex asset is implemented at the second site utilizing the snapshot of the first portion of the complex asset and the replicated second portion of the complex asset; wherein the generating and sending are performed responsive to a request to create a complex asset bookmark; and wherein the method further comprises: pausing the one or more virtual machines of the first portion of the complex asset; preparing the second portion of the complex asset by locking the second storage element responsive to pausing the one or more virtual machines of the first portion of the complex asset; creating the complex asset bookmark responsive to preparing the second portion of the complex asset; and writing the complex asset bookmark to a replica journal at the second site.