Mountable container for incremental file backups
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1. A method for making an incremental backup of changes to a particular file comprising:
- receiving from a change block tracking (CBT) module information identifying a plurality of changed blocks on a volume of a client, the changed blocks being blocks of the volume that have changed since a previous backup of the client;
filtering the plurality of changed blocks to identify a subset of changed blocks that are associated with the particular file;
streaming the subset of changed blocks to a backup storage server for storage as an incremental virtual hard disk file;
associating the incremental virtual hard disk file to a full backup virtual hard disk file, the full backup virtual hard disk file being a full backup of a previous version of the particular file;
before the receiving from a change block tracking module information identifying a plurality of changed blocks, creating a container having a size that accommodates a size of the previous version of the particular file;
creating a temporary file having a size that corresponds to the size of the previous version of the particular file, the size of the temporary file being less than the size of the container;
backing up, using the container and the temporary file, the previous version of the particular file to create the full backup virtual hard disk file; and
after the backing up, deleting the container and the temporary file, wherein the streaming the subset of changed blocks to a backup storage server for storage as an incremental virtual hard disk file comprises not creating another container.
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Abstract
Information identifying a set of changed blocks on a volume of a client are received. The changed blocks are blocks of the volume that have changed since a previous backup of the client. The set of changed blocks are filtered to identify a subset of changed blocks that are associated with a particular file. The subset of changed blocks is streamed to a backup storage server for storage as an incremental virtual hard disk file. The incremental virtual hard disk file is associated to a full backup virtual hard disk file, where the full backup virtual hard disk file is a full backup of a previous version of the particular file.
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1. A method for making an incremental backup of changes to a particular file comprising:
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receiving from a change block tracking (CBT) module information identifying a plurality of changed blocks on a volume of a client, the changed blocks being blocks of the volume that have changed since a previous backup of the client; filtering the plurality of changed blocks to identify a subset of changed blocks that are associated with the particular file; streaming the subset of changed blocks to a backup storage server for storage as an incremental virtual hard disk file; associating the incremental virtual hard disk file to a full backup virtual hard disk file, the full backup virtual hard disk file being a full backup of a previous version of the particular file; before the receiving from a change block tracking module information identifying a plurality of changed blocks, creating a container having a size that accommodates a size of the previous version of the particular file; creating a temporary file having a size that corresponds to the size of the previous version of the particular file, the size of the temporary file being less than the size of the container; backing up, using the container and the temporary file, the previous version of the particular file to create the full backup virtual hard disk file; and after the backing up, deleting the container and the temporary file, wherein the streaming the subset of changed blocks to a backup storage server for storage as an incremental virtual hard disk file comprises not creating another container. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for incrementally backing up a particular file, the system comprising:
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a processor-based system executed on a computer system and comprising a processor, wherein the processor is configured to; receive from a change block tracking (CBT) module information identifying a plurality of changed blocks on a volume of a client, the changed blocks being blocks of the volume that have changed since a previous backup of the client; filter the plurality of changed blocks to identify a subset of changed blocks that are associated with the particular file; stream the subset of changed blocks to a backup storage server for storage as an incremental virtual hard disk file; associate the incremental virtual hard disk file to a full backup virtual hard disk file, the full backup virtual hard disk file being a full backup of a previous version of the particular file; before the receipt from a change block tracking module information identifying a plurality of changed blocks, create a container having a size that accommodates a size of the previous version of the particular file; create a temporary file having a size that corresponds to the size of the previous version of the particular file, the size of the temporary file being less than the size of the container; backup, using the container and the temporary file, the previous version of the particular file to create the full backup virtual hard disk file; and after the backup, delete the container and the temporary file, wherein the stream of the subset of changed blocks to a backup storage server for storage as an incremental virtual hard disk file does not comprise creation of another container. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium having a computer-readable program code embodied therein, the computer-readable program code adapted to be executed by one or more processors to implement a method comprising:
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receiving from a change block tracking (CBT) module information identifying a plurality of changed blocks on a volume of a client, the changed blocks being blocks of the volume that have changed since a previous backup of the client; filtering the plurality of changed blocks to identify a subset of changed blocks that are associated with a particular file; streaming the subset of changed blocks to a backup storage server for storage as an incremental virtual hard disk file; associating the incremental virtual hard disk file to a full backup virtual hard disk file, the full backup virtual hard disk file being a full backup of a previous version of the particular file; before the receiving from a change block tracking module information identifying a plurality of changed blocks, creating a container having a size that accommodates a size of the previous version of the particular file; creating a temporary file having a size that corresponds to the size of the previous version of the particular file, the size of the temporary file being less than the size of the container; backing up, using the container and the temporary file, the previous version of the particular file to create the full backup virtual hard disk file; and after the backing up, deleting the container and the temporary file, wherein the streaming the subset of changed blocks to a backup storage server for storage as an incremental virtual hard disk file comprises not creating another container. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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