Component aware incremental backup, restore, and reconciliation solution

An apparatus, comprising:

• a non-transitory memory comprising executable instructions performing an incremental backup process of a first component and second component;
• and
• a processor in data communication with the non-transitory memory and configured to execute the instructions to cause the apparatus to:
• read a first component manifest that includes first backup configuration details and first instructions related to performing a backup for the first component, wherein the first component manifest indicates one or more dependencies of the first component on one or more additional components;
• read a second component manifest that includes second backup configuration details and second instructions related to performing a backup for the second component wherein the second backup configuration details and the second instructions related to performing a backup are different from the first backup configuration details and the first instructions related to performing a backup;
• perform the incremental backup by performing the following steps in accordance with the first backup configuration details and first instructions included in the first manifest for the first component and performing the following steps in accordance with the second backup configuration details and second instructions included in the second manifest for the second component;
• retrieve a first metadata associated with a previous backup process of a component executed by the processor from a backup location in a storage, wherein the component is one of the first component or the second component;
• pass the first metadata to the component for determining incremental backup data of the component corresponding to a difference between current data of the component and data of the component associated with the previous backup process;
• receive information indicative of the incremental backup data from the component;
• receive, from the component, a second metadata associated with the incremental backup process;
• and
• store the incremental backup data and the second metadata as associated with the incremental backup process.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a computing system, cause the computing system to perform a method of performing an incremental backup process for a first component and a second component configured to be executed by the computing system, the method comprising:

• reading a first component manifest that includes first backup configuration details and first instructions related to performing a backup for the first component, wherein the first component manifest indicates one or more dependencies of the first component on one or more additional components:
• reading a second component manifest that includes second backup configuration details and second instructions related to performing a backup for the second component wherein the second backup configuration details and the second instructions related to performing a backup are different from the first backup configuration details and the first instructions related to performing a backup;
• performing the incremental backup by performing the following steps in accordance with the first backup configuration details and first instructions included in the first manifest for the first component and performing the following steps in accordance with the second backup configuration details and second instructions included in the second manifest for the second component;
• retrieving a first metadata associated with a previous backup process of a component from a backup location in a storage, wherein the component is one of the first component or the second component;
• passing the first metadata to the component for determining incremental backup data of the component corresponding to a difference between current data of the component and data of the component associated with the previous backup process;
• receiving information indicative of the incremental backup data from the component;
• receiving, from the component, a second metadata associated with the incremental backup process;
• and
• storing the incremental backup data and the second metadata as associated with the incremental backup process.