Patent ID: 9495435
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A computerized method for backing up remote database storage such that a volume on the remote database storage can be incrementally backed up to create a series of incremental point-in-time images of the volume over time, such that each point-in-time image that can be individually loaded as an operational database, comprising: activating, by a computing device, a protection policy for database storage at a remote host; transmitting, by the computing device, a first backup request at a first time to the remote host comprising data indicative of a volume on the database storage to back up according to the protection policy; presenting, by the computing device, a staging disk to the remote host so that the remote host can perform a full backup of the volume to the staging disk using a database backup tool provided by a vendor of the database storage in response to the first backup request; generating, by the computing device, a first point-in-time image of the staging disk for the first time, wherein the first point-in-time image preserves the database structure such that the first point-in-time image can be loaded as an operational database; transmitting, by the computing device, a second backup request at a second time to the remote host comprising data indicative of the volume on the database storage to back up according to the protection policy; presenting, by the computing device, the staging disk to the remote host so that the remote host can use the database backup tool to perform an incremental backup of the volume to the staging disk using the full backup to generate an incrementally updated backup of the volume from the first time to the second time; and generating, by the computing device, a second point-in-time image of the staging disk for the second time, wherein the second point-in-time image backup preserves the database structure such that the second point-in-time image can be loaded as an operational database, thereby allowing the computing device to generate incremental point-in-time images for the volume over time.