Patent ID: 8615495
Filing Date: 2013-12-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for providing a differential application backup from a block level storage image, the method comprising: identifying one or more dirty blocks in the block level storage image, wherein identifying one or more dirty blocks comprises identifying dirty blocks stored at an operating system file system level, wherein the stored dirty blocks represent changes to application data; determining a backup file format for the one or more dirty blocks compatible with a differential application backup data structure, wherein the backup file format allows for restoration based at least in part on the differential application backup and not on the block level storage image; creating the differential application backup data structure, wherein the creating the differential application backup data structure comprises formatting the one or more dirty blocks to have the backup file format, and wherein the application backup data structure includes an application-specific backup file header and the formatted one or more dirty blocks; and transmitting the one or more dirty blocks to a data management process utilizing the differential application backup data structure to provide the differential application backup.