Dynamic backup and discovery of new writers of a copy service
US12045138B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 16, 2022 |
| Grant date | Jul 23, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 21, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2201/84
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A data structure is generated to store information about a set of writers associated with a copy service. The information is gathered from the copy service and populated into the data structure. The information includes names of the writers, writer types as being system or application writers, and system writer subtypes as being one of bare metal recovery (BMR) writers or system state recovery (SSR) writers. The data structure is reviewed to determine whether a particular writer should participate in the backup. Based on the review, a list is generated including a subset of the participating writers. Instructions are issued, via the copy service, for the writers in the list to prepare for creation of a snapshot. Upon creation of the snapshot, data is backed up from the snapshot to secondary storage.
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