Patent ID: 9116846
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, by at least one processor, selective backup parameters including an identifier of a virtual machine (VM) to backup; creating, by the at least one processor, a VM snapshot associated with the VM; retrieving, by the at least one processor, an offset table of data blocks associated with a virtual disk of the VM stored on a storage; creating, by the at least one processor, a storage snapshot on the storage; deleting, by the at least one processor, the VM snapshot; promoting, by the at least one processor, the storage snapshot to a logical unit number (LUN); mounting the promoted storage snapshot to a backup server; backing up, by the at least one processor, the data blocks to a backup storage using the offset table and the mounted storage snapshot; and dismounting from the backup server and deleting from the storage, by the at least one processor, the storage snapshot.