Patent ID: 11953996
Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. A system for performing data protection of file system data on a host, comprising:
a backup storage for storing backups; and
a host comprising a data protection agent programmed to:
obtain a data access request for a file corresponding to a placeholder file of a placeholder file system from an application during a backup access session;
obtain, in response to the data access request, file system data associated with the file from a backup storage using backup metadata associated with the placeholder file;
provide the file system data associated with the file to the application;
make, after the providing, a determination that the file is modified by the application;
in response to the determination:
flag the placeholder file
make a second determination that the backup access session has ended;
in response to the second determination:
generate modification metadata associated with the file corresponding to the flagged placeholder file based on user preferences;
store the modified file in the backup storage; and
provide the modification metadata to a data protection manager.