Systems and methods for managing system resources allocated for backup validation

摘要

A computer-implemented method for managing system resources allocated for backup validation may include (1) identifying a computing system that is to be backed up, (2) monitoring at least one resource of the computing system in order to determine to what extent the resource is utilized, (3) identifying a minimum utilization level of the resource, (4) determining an amount of the resource required to validate a backup of the computing system, (5) configuring a validation system to validate the backup of the computing system, wherein resources of the validation system are allocated based at least in part on the amount of the resource required to validate the backup of the computing system, and (6) using the validation system to validate the backup of the computing system in order to reduce backup-validation resource consumption. Various additional methods, systems, and encoded computer-readable media are also disclosed.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for managing system resources allocated for backup validation, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising:
identifying a computing system that is to be backed up, wherein at least one application runs within the computing system; monitoring at least one resource of the computing system in order to determine to what extent the resource is utilized while the application runs within the computing system; based on the monitoring of the resource of the computing system, identifying a minimum utilization level of the resource detected during at least one of:
a predetermined period of time before a backup of the computing system is created;a predetermined period of time during which the backup of the computing system is created;a predetermined period of time after the backup of the computing system is created; determining an amount of the resource required to validate the backup of the computing system by:
identifying a validation procedure that will be used to validate the backup of the computing system;identifying a predetermined amount of the resource that is required, in addition to the minimum utilization level of the resource, to perform the validation procedure;determining that the amount of the resource required to validate the backup of the computing system is equal to the sum of the minimum utilization level of the resource and the predetermined amount of the resource required to perform the validation procedure, wherein validating the backup of the computing system comprises running the application; configuring a validation system to validate the backup of the computing system, wherein resources of the validation system are allocated based at least in part on the amount of the resource required to validate the backup of the computing system; upon configuring the validation system, using the validation system and the validation procedure to validate the backup of the computing system in order to reduce backup-validation resource consumption.