Patent ID: 8886595

Claim:
A method in a computing system of creating snapshots for an information store, the method comprising: performing a first snapshot of one or more blocks of data stored in an information store; obtaining first file information that maps the blocks of data in the first snapshot to one or more files; storing the first snapshot in association with the first file information in one or more storage devices that are separate from the information store; performing a second snapshot of the one or more blocks or data stored in the information store at a second time, the second time occurring after the first time; identifying changed blocks of data in the second snapshot that changed after the first time and before the second time; obtaining second file information that maps the changed blocks of data to the one or more files; storing the second snapshot in association with the second file information in the one or more storage devices that are separate from the information store; and automatically obtain copies of the changed blocks of data from the information store, and store the copies in association with the second snapshot and the second file information in the one or more storage devices that are separate from the information store.