Patent ID: 8260747
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising; identifying data to backup; performing one or more full backup operations on the data; performing one or more recovery point backup operations on a new portion of the data, where the new portion of the data is present after the performance of the one or more full backup operations; associating the one or more recovery point backup operations with at least one of the one or more full backup operations; allowing access to backup data resulting from performance of the one or more recovery point backup operations and the one or more full backup operations; and storing the backup data in a data structure embodied on a tangible computer readable medium; wherein associating the one or more recovery point backup operations with at least one of the one or more full backup operations includes associating a pass identifier with each of the one or more recovery point backup operations, where the pass identifier is utilized to trace which transaction logs to copy over in each backup operation; wherein the one or more full backup operations on the data include a first full backup operation performed on the data, and a second full backup operation is performed on the data in addition to the new portion of the data; wherein a first restore operation is performed by restoring the backup data resulting from the performance of the first full backup operation; wherein a third full backup operation is performed on the backup data accessed during the first restore operation and another portion of the data other than the new portion of the data in the second full backup operation, the other portion of the data present after the performance of the first restore operation; wherein a second restore operation is performed by accessing the backup data resulting from the performance of the second full backup operation, after performing the third full backup operation; wherein a first restore path is created between the first full backup operation and the second full backup operation, and a second restore path separate from the first restore path is created between the first full backup operation and the third full backup operation.