Patent ID: 9639385
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method of operating a data management system, comprising: detecting, at a virtual machine agent running within a virtual machine, an attach-triggering event; transmitting from the virtual machine agent, in response to detecting the attach-triggering event, a first indication to a virtual machine manager, the first indication comprising a first request to attach one or more storage volumes to the virtual machine, wherein the virtual machine manager comprises a separate appliance from the hypervisor or a virtual appliance supported by the hypervisor; determining, at the virtual machine manager, one or more selected storage volumes to be attached to the virtual machine based on the first request and transferring a second request to dynamically attach the one or more selected storage volumes to the virtual machine; receiving, at a hypervisor, the second request to dynamically attach the one or more selected storage volumes to the virtual machine; and dynamically attaching, by the hypervisor, the one or more selected storage volumes to the virtual machine in response to receiving the second request.