Patent ID: 9747169
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: during a backup of a plurality of files stored in one or more information stores of primary storage, copying metadata of the plurality of files to an index, the metadata copied to the index including at least modification date data of each file of the plurality of files, wherein the backup of the plurality of files comprises: following the backup operation of the first set of one or more files, reviewing the metadata copied to the index during the backup, wherein reviewing the metadata comprises analyzing metadata of a first file of the plurality of files prior to analyzing metadata of a second file of the plurality of files, and wherein analyzing the metadata of the first file prior to analyzing the metadata of the second file comprises: performing an archive operation on a second set of one or more files of the plurality of files that were identified as having been last modified prior to the system archival date, wherein the archive operation includes replacing each of the second set of one or more files with an identifier indicating a location of one or more copies of each of the second set of one or more files in the secondary storage; and generating a report of the primary storage based at least in part on said identifying primary storage usage data of the first file.