Patent ID: 11947424
Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. A system comprising:
a storage device associated with a target production host which includes a target file system comprising of folders and files;
a processor; and
memory comprising instructions, which when executed by the processor, perform a method for performing a backup comprising:
crawling the target file system of the target production host;
identifying, based on the crawling, files that will not be backed up;
identifying, for at least one file of the files that will not be backed up, a reason that the at least one file will not be backed up;
storing details of the files that will not be backed up to a separate file, wherein the details comprise a listing of the at least one file and the reason;

notifying, using the separate file, a user of the files that will not be backed up, wherein notifying comprises:
presenting a table on a graphical user interface that includes the details; and

performing the backup of remaining files, wherein the remaining files are not listed in the separate file, wherein performing the backup comprises:
generating a backup copy of the remaining files;
causing to store the backup copy in a backup storage device; and
causing to store the separate file in the backup storage device.