Systems and methods for virtual machine backup process by examining file system journal records

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• scanning a virtual disk associated with a virtual machine during a backup process of data associated with the virtual machine to identify locations of one or more partitions on the virtual disk;
• searching a file system within each of the one or more partitions to locate a journal for the file system;
• examining the journal for the file system to determine if one or more disk operations have been performed by the virtual machine since time of last backup of the data of the virtual machine;
• identifying portions of a storage device which data have been modified by the one or more disk operations of the virtual machine since the time of the last backup if the one or more disk operations have been performed;
• submitting the portions of one or more disks which data have been modified by the disk operations since the time of the last backup to the backup process to be backed up to a backup storage device.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having software instructions stored thereon that when executed cause a system to:

• scan a virtual disk associated with a virtual machine during a backup process of data associated with the virtual machine to identify locations of one or more partitions on the virtual disk;
• search a file system within each of the one or more partitions to locate a journal for the file system;
• examine the journal for the file system to determine if one or more disk operations have been performed by the virtual machine since time of last backup of the data of the virtual machine;
• identify portions of a storage device which data have been modified by the one or more disk operations of the virtual machine since the time of the last backup if the one or more disk operations have been performed;
• submit the portions of one or more disks which data have been modified by the disk operations since the time of the last backup to the backup process to be backed up to a backup storage device.