Patent ID: 7937366

Claim:
A system, comprising: memory; a first computational device coupled to the memory; a second computational device coupled to the memory; and processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor performs: (i) storing a first set of backup data in a first computational device; storing a second set of backup data in a second computational device; and (ii) maintaining metadata corresponding to the first set of backup data in the second computational device; (iii) grouping the second set of backup data into a group that is comprised of a plurality of constituent data containers; and (iv) reconciling the first set of backup data with the second set of backup data based on the metadata, wherein all constituent data containers of the group are deleted from the second set of backup data, in response to determining during the reconciling of the first set of backup data with the second set of backup data that at least one of the constituent data containers is absent in the first set backup data, wherein during the reconciling a status of previously initiated asynchronous backup copy operations is determined, wherein if the previously initiated asynchronous backup operations have completed then the first and the second computational devices are updated to reflect that any data container that is present is representative of completion of the previously initiated asynchronous backup copy operations.