Creation of synthetic backups within deduplication storage system by a backup application
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsLior ARONOVICH, Michael HIRSCH, Yair TOAFF
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Abstract
A deduplication storage system and a backup application create a synthetic backup. Metadata instructions are provided to the deduplication storage system. Each of the metadata instructions specifies the data segment of an originating backup and a designated location of the data segment in the synthetic backup. A set of metadata instructions is transformed into a transformed set of metadata instructions.
Claims27
A method for creating a synthetic backup by a deduplication storage system and a backup application using a processor device, comprising:
- providing the deduplication storage system a plurality of metadata instructions, wherein each of the plurality of metadata instructions specifies a data segment of an originating backup and a designated location of the data segment in the synthetic backup;
- and
- transforming a set of the plurality of metadata instructions into a transformed set of the plurality of metadata instructions.
A system for creating a synthetic backup by a deduplication storage system and a backup application, comprising:
- the deduplication storage system;
- and
- at least one processor device, operable in the deduplication computing storage environment, wherein the at least one processor device:
- provides the deduplication storage system a plurality of metadata instructions, wherein each of the plurality of metadata instructions specifies a data segment of an originating backup and a designated location of the data segment in the synthetic backup, and
- transforms a set of the plurality of metadata instructions into a transformed set of the plurality of metadata instructions.
A computer program product for creating a synthetic backup by a deduplication storage system and a backup application using at least one processor device, the computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:
- a first executable portion that provides the deduplication storage system a plurality of metadata instructions, wherein each of the plurality of metadata instructions specifies a data segment of an originating backup and a designated location of the data segment in the synthetic backup;
- and
- a second executable portion transforms a set of the plurality of metadata instructions into a transformed set of the plurality of metadata instructions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.