Patent ID: 7631220
Filing Date: 2009-12-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer network for backing up a job that was interrupted during a backup process, comprising: means for identifying the job that was interrupted during the backup process; means for using the interrupted job to build a list of one or more volumes that still need to be backed up; means for generating a catalog containing a partially backed up volume from the list of volumes that still need to be backed up; means for retrieving an object from the one or more volumes stored in a client computer; means for determining whether the object is listed in the catalog; means for determining whether the object is partially backed up if the object is listed in the catalog; and means for writing the data contained in the object to one or more storage devices if the object is partially backed up or is not listed in the catalog, wherein the means for using the interrupted job to build the list of volumes comprises: