US 9,317,547 B1Granted

Method and system for children backup applications communicating to parent backup applications via application program interfaces

AssigneeEMC Corporation

InventorsKiran Bachu, Bala Vijayakumar, Vladimir Mandic

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Abstract

Children backup applications communicating to parent backup applications via application program interfaces are described. A child backup task is executed by a child backup application. Backup information associated with an execution of the child backup task by the child backup application is communicated from the child backup application via an application program interface to a parent backup application. A parent backup task is executed by the parent backup application based on the backup information. The child backup application inherently lacks a functionality to execute the parent backup task as the parent backup application executes the parent backup task.

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Dependent claims

A system for children backup applications communicating to parent backup applications via application program interfaces, the system comprising:

a processor-based application executable on a computer system, the computer system having one or more processors and a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a plurality of instructions, which when executed, cause the one or more processors to:
execute a child backup task by a child backup application, wherein the child backup task comprises creating a backup copy of a data set and storing the backup copy on an external destination node;
communicate via an application program interface, from the child backup application to a parent backup application, backup information associated with an execution of the child backup task by the child backup application;
and
execute a parent backup task by the parent backup application based on the backup information, wherein the parent backup task comprises creating a clone copy of the backup copy and storing the clone copy on the external destination node, and wherein the child backup application lacks a functionality to execute the parent backup task as the parent backup application executes the parent backup task.

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A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium having a computer-readable program code embodied therein, the computer-readable program code adapted to be executed by one or more processors to implement a method for children backup applications communicating to parent backup applications via application program interfaces, the method comprising:

executing a child backup task by a child backup application, wherein the child backup task comprises creating a backup copy of a data set and storing the backup copy on an external destination node;
communicating via an application program interface, from the child backup application to a parent backup application, backup information associated with an execution of the child backup task by the child backup application;
and
executing a parent backup task by the parent backup application based on the backup information, wherein the parent backup task comprises creating a clone copy of the backup copy and storing the clone copy on the external destination node, and wherein the child backup application lacks a functionality to execute the parent backup task as the parent backup application executes the parent backup task.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.