Backup control apparatus and method of data processing system
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1. A backup control apparatus of a data processing system for performing an automatic backup process, comprising:
- a backup target medium to store processing data;
a backup destination medium to store data copied from said backup target medium;
environment defining means for defining a backup operation environment;
control information managing means for registering and managing the backup operation environment defined by said environment defining means, the managed backup operation environment defining backup starting conditions;
backup instructing means for instructing the start of the automatic backup process; and
backup processing means for selecting and executing one ofa whole backup process for copying all the data stored in the backup target medium to said backup destination medium as backup data, anda differential backup process for extracting data which was updated in the backup target medium and copying said updated data to said backup destination medium as backup data,the backup processing means selecting and executing one of the whole backup process and the differential backup process each time the backup starting conditions are satisfied when said backup instructing means instructs the start of an automatic backup process.
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Abstract
The number of present updating data is detected from an updating bit map of a backup target medium. When it is equal to or larger than a reference value, a whole backup is executed. When it is smaller than the reference value, a differential backup is executed. After the backup was obtained, a copy coupling is executed and a merge process to reduce the number of media is performed. By eliminating the unnecessary media among the media which are used and by executing the successive reading or parallel reading from backup destination media, a decoding process to a recovery medium can be executed in a shortest time.
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1. A backup control apparatus of a data processing system for performing an automatic backup process, comprising:
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a backup target medium to store processing data; a backup destination medium to store data copied from said backup target medium; environment defining means for defining a backup operation environment; control information managing means for registering and managing the backup operation environment defined by said environment defining means, the managed backup operation environment defining backup starting conditions; backup instructing means for instructing the start of the automatic backup process; and backup processing means for selecting and executing one of a whole backup process for copying all the data stored in the backup target medium to said backup destination medium as backup data, and a differential backup process for extracting data which was updated in the backup target medium and copying said updated data to said backup destination medium as backup data, the backup processing means selecting and executing one of the whole backup process and the differential backup process each time the backup starting conditions are satisfied when said backup instructing means instructs the start of an automatic backup process. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A backup control method of a data processing system for performing an automatic backup process, comprising:
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an environment defining step of defining a backup operation environment; a control information managing step of registering and managing a backup operation environment defined in said environment defining step, the managed backup operation environment defining backup starting conditions; a backup instructing step of instructing the start of the automatic backup process; and a backup processing step of selecting and executing one of a whole backup process for copying all the data stored in the backup target medium to said backup destination medium as backup data, and a differential backup process for extracting data which was updated in the backup target medium and copying said updated data to the backup destination medium as backup data, the backup processing means selecting and executing one of the whole backup process and the differential backup process each time the backup starting conditions are satisfied when said backup instruction step instructs the start of an automatic backup process. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70)
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