Patent ID: 9110604
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method implemented on a backup application server, the method comprising: in response to a request to back up a virtual machine (VM) received at the backup application server, transmitting a first request to a VM monitor (VMM) of a host system hosting the VM via a VM application programming interface (VM API) over a network, the first request requesting the VMM to capture a VM snapshot representing a consistent state of the VM, wherein the backup application server manages a plurality of host systems as clients over the network for backup purposes; identifying by the backup application server the consistent state of the VM remotely over the network via the VM API associated with the VM; and transmitting from the backup application server a second request to a first storage system associated with the host system to send one or more VM disk images associated with the consistent state of the VM to a second storage system as a target backup storage system over the network, wherein the host system is a separate system communicatively coupled to the first storage system.