Backup information management

• US 20060149793A1
• Filed: 03/18/2005
• Published: 07/06/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Emc IP Holding Company LLC (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: EMC Corporation (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Kushwah, Ajay Pratap Singh, Joshi, Mayank, Kumar, Pashupati, Kaushik, Akhil, Bijani, Yogita, Periyagaram, Subramaniam, Suryanarayanan, Rangarajan, Xing, Jian
• Granted Patent: US 8,260,753 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1458 Management of the backup or restore process
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1471 involving logging of persistent data for recovery
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/10 File systems; File servers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/11 File system administration, e.g. details of archiving or snapshots file system backup G06F11/14
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/84 Using snapshots, i.e. a logical point-in-time copy of the data

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method for information management comprises monitoring output from an application, wherein the output is monitored substantially continuously; determining if the output is associated with a predetermined type of version; and saving data associated with the output if the output is associated with the predetermined type of version.

Claims

1. A method for information management comprising:

monitoring output from an application, wherein the output is monitored substantially continuously;

determining if the output is associated with a predetermined type of version; and

saving data associated with the output if the output is associated with the predetermined type of version.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the output is from the application to an operating system.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined type of version is a meaningful version.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the output is associated with the predetermined type of version if a save and a close have been executed.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising updating the a storage metatdata.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein saving data is associated with data protection.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein data is saved in a medium external to a device on which the application resides.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining whether the data is associated with a milestone.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the milestone is a candidate for a backup.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the milestone is a meaningful version.

11. A system for information management comprising:

a processor configured to;

monitor output from an application, wherein the output is monitored substantially continuously;

determining if the output is associated with a predetermined type of version; and

a memory coupled with the processor, wherein the memory is configured to;

save data associated with the output if the output is associated with the predetermined type of version.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the memory is remote from the processor.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the memory is local to the processor.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the memory is coupled to the processor via a LAN.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the predetermined type of version is a meaningful version.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the output is associated with the predetermined type of version if a save and a close have been executed.

17. A computer program product for information management, the computer program product being embodied in a computer readable medium and comprising computer instructions for:

monitoring output from an application, wherein the output is monitored substantially continuously;

determining if the output is associated with a predetermined type of version;

saving data associated with the output if the output is associated with the predetermined type of version.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the predetermined type of version is a meaningful version.

19. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the output is associated with the predetermined type of version if a save and a close have been executed.

20. The computer program product of claim 17, further comprising determining whether the data is associated with a milestone, and

wherein the milestone is a candidate for a backup.