Continuously run log backup with minimal configuration and resource usage from the source machine

A computer program product for performing continuous log backups, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium and comprising computer instructions for:

• detecting at least one input/output (I/O) activity at a client computing device,
• wherein the at least one I/O activity is associated with at least one database operation performed via the client computing device;
• backing-up transactions log data associated with the at least one detected I/O activity using one or more native commands to a virtualized location, wherein the backing-up comprises:
• with a log backup agent executing on the client computing device, dynamically identifying a mount path location corresponding to the virtualized location, wherein the virtualized location appears to the client computing device as a physical storage location for storage of the transactions log data;
• and
• transferring the transactions log data to the dynamically identified mount path using the one or more native commands;
• and
• with a secondary storage computing device associated with the mount path and separate from the client computing device, receiving the transactions log data, and performing data chunking or deduping of the transactions log data after the transactions log data is received at the dynamically identified mount path location, such that the data chunking and deduplication are performed by the secondary storage computing device and not the client computing device.

A continuous transactions log backup system for performing continuous log backups usage comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, which when executed by one or more processors of the continuous transactions log backup system cause the system to:

• detect at least one input/output (I/O) activity at a client computing device,
• wherein the at least one I/O activity is associated with at least one database operation performed via the client computing device;
• backup transactions log data associated with the at least one detected I/O activity using one or more native commands to a virtualized location, wherein backing-up the transactions log data comprises:
• with a log backup agent executing on the client computing device, dynamically identifying a mount path location corresponding to the virtualized location, wherein the virtualized location appears to the client computing device as a physical storage location for storage of the transactions log data;
• and
• transferring the transactions log data to the dynamically identified mount path using the one or more native commands;
• and
• with a secondary storage computing device associated with the mount path and separate from the client computing device, receive the transactions log data, and perform chunking and deduping of the transactions log data after the transactions log data is received at the dynamically identified mount path location.