Discovering new physical machines for physical to virtual conversion

摘要

A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for protecting data. In some embodiments, this includes connecting a new physical machine to a router, detecting the new physical machine, with a virtual appliance, based on the connection adding the new physical machine to a database, and backing up the new physical machine to a deduplicated virtual storage device, wherein the backup is in a virtual format.

主权项

1. A method for protecting data, comprising:
connecting a new physical machine to a router; detecting the new physical machine, with a virtual appliance, based on the connection; adding the new physical machine to a database; and backing up the new physical machine to a deduplicated virtual storage device, wherein the backup is in a virtual format, wherein backing up the new physical machine comprises:
taking a snapshot of a physical volume on the physical machine;creating a blank virtual container on the deduplicated virtual storage device;calculating a hash of a block in the snapshot;determining whether the deduplicated virtual storage device has the hash; andpopulating the blank virtual container with the block when the deduplicated virtual storage devices does not have the hash.