US 11,886,299 B2 · Techniques for providing incremental backup progress indications

Abstract

The described embodiments set forth techniques for providing a backup progress estimate for a backup of a source file system volume (FSV). The techniques involve determining, for the source FSV, a backup size during performance of backup operations. The operations can include determining the backup size based on a number of files on the source FSV. Additionally, the operations can include copying files of the source FSV and/or propagating corresponding files of a destination FSV to a location of the backup of the source FSV on a destination storage device and updating one or more metrics using a number of files and/or a number of bytes copied and/or propagated to the backup. In this manner, a progress indication for the backup may be determined based on the one or more metrics responsive to files and/or directories of the source file system volume being stored on a destination storage device.

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Dependent claims

A method for providing a backup progress estimate for a backup of a source file system volume (FSV) associated with a source computing device, the method comprising, at the source computing device:

establishing at least one completion metric;
interfacing with a destination storage device that stores a destination FSV;
for each source node of a first plurality of source nodes for which there is a corresponding destination node stored within the destination FSV;
causing the destination node to be added to a location within the destination storage device that corresponds to the backup of the source FSV, and
updating the at least one completion metric;
for each source node of a second plurality of source nodes for which there is no corresponding destination node stored within the destination FSV:
copying the source node to the location, and
updating the at least one completion metric;
and
updating the backup progress estimate in conjunction with updates to the at least one completion metric.

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At least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store instructions that, when executed by at least one processor included in a computing device, cause the computing device to provide a backup progress estimate for a backup of a source file system volume (FSV) associated with a source computing device, by carrying out steps that include:

establishing at least one completion metric;
interfacing with a destination storage device that stores a destination FSV;
for each source node of a first plurality of source nodes for which there is a corresponding destination node stored within the destination FSV:
causing the destination node to be added to a location within the destination storage device that corresponds to the backup of the source FSV, and
updating the at least one completion metric;
for each source node of a second plurality of source nodes for which there is no corresponding destination node stored within the destination FSV:
copying the source node to the location, and
updating the at least one completion metric;
and
updating the backup progress estimate in conjunction with updates to the at least one completion metric.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Techniques for providing incremental backup progress indications

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Abstract

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