Patent ID: 8600953
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable memory medium storing program instructions that are computer executable on a backup server to: receive a plurality of inode messages, wherein each of the received plurality of inode messages includes inode metadata for one of a plurality of inodes that is being backed up, wherein the plurality of received inode messages includes messages of a first type and messages of a second type, wherein, for a given inode being backed up, the first type of inode message includes name and parent information for the given inode, and wherein the second type of inode message includes additional metadata for the given inode; and use the received plurality of inode messages to determine whether the inode metadata includes errors by, excluding duplicative messages, determining whether an equal number of messages of the first type and messages of the second type are received by the backup server.