Method and system for generating and restoring a backup image
US8046332B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 3, 2010 |
| Grant date | Oct 25, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 3, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99945
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and system for generating and restoring a backup image are disclosed. A server receives a request, which includes a backup path, to generate a backup image. The server generates a backup image offset map that indicates a relative location where a file is stored in the backup image before file data has been written to the backup image. The server stores the backup image offset map in a portion of the backup image on a storage device. The backup image offset map comprises an array having a number of elements equal to a number of inodes on a file system that hosts a backup path, an element of the array representing an inode on the file system, and indicates the relative location where a file that is associated with a number of the inode is stored in the backup image.
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