Patent ID: 9558203
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A data backup system configured to perform data backup for a client, comprising: an interface configured to receive volume information including data indicating a physical data storage location of at least a part of a volume comprising one or more stored objects associated with the client; and a processor coupled to the interface, configured to determine, based at least in part on the volume information, a stored object information for a stored object included in the volume, the stored object information including data associated with a physical data storage location at which the stored object is stored on a storage associated with the client; wherein the volume information includes volume extent information and the processor is configured to determine file extent information based on the volume extent information, at least in part by parsing at the host a file system associated with the volume using the volume extent information to obtain file extent information, parsing the volume includes reading and analyzing parsed information from a location of the volume to obtain the file extent information, and the host is a backup server that both parses the file system associated with volume using the volume extent information and analyzes parsed information from the location of the volume to obtain the file extent information.