Patent ID: 9176829
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving a request from a source server to replicate a virtual machine hosted by the source server to create a replicated virtual machine, the request received at a network listener that is directed to a client access point (CAP) associated with a cluster of recovery servers; responsive to receiving the request, selecting a recovery server, from the cluster of recovery servers to host the replicated virtual machine; sending a network address, of the recovery server hosting the replicated virtual machine, to an address of the source server hosting the virtual machine, the network address different than the address; and extracting a domain name service (DNS) name for at least one recovery server of the cluster of recovery servers, and appending the DNS name to a CAP name of the CAP for use as a network name for the cluster of recovery servers.