Cataloging metadata for replication management and recovery
US10423499B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 25, 2016 |
| Grant date | Sep 24, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 12, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2201/87
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and system for managing backup storage of file system entities. In an aspect, a file system catalog includes a database populator tool that generates records within a metadata table that may be maintained within a database. In response to detecting a replication cycle, the populator tool reads a stream of replication operations. For each of the replication operations, the populator tool determines the type of operation and in response to determining that a directory inode is an operand of the replication operation, the tool generates one or more catalog records. Each of the generated records includes and logically associates data entries corresponding to an inode number, a parent inode number, an entity type, a point-in-time-image (PTI) ID, an absolute path, and an operation.
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