Data backup system
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Company
InventorIan Peter Crighton
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Abstract
A backup system includes backup application software operating on a host computer, which is configurable to store data to be backed up to a backup apparatus. The system is configurable to schedule and enact a pre-backup check, prior to running the actual scheduled backup job so that any faults which have developed since the initial configuration can be remedied. The pre-backup check preferably occurs on a daily basis prior to every scheduled backup job.
Claims15
A backup system configurable to enact a pre-backup check, to verify that a proposed backup job can be completed, in advance of enacting the proposed backup job, the system comprising:
- means to produce a warning message in the event of a determination that there is a likelihood that the proposed backup job will not complete successfully.
A method of backing up data, comprising the steps of:
- scheduling a backup system to enact a pre-backup check to verify that a proposed backup job can be completed;
- scheduling a backup system to enact a backup job to occur at a time after the pre-backup check;
- generating a warning message in the event the pre-backup check determines that there is likelihood that the backup job will not be successful.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.