Patent ID: 8260752

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for change tracking with multiple backup jobs, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising: identifying a plurality of overlapping backup jobs to be performed on a volume; identifying snapshots taken for any of the plurality of overlapping backup jobs; for each consecutive pair of identified snapshots: identifying changes made to the volume between the consecutive pair of identified snapshots; saving a list of the changes; supplying the list of changes for each backup job in the plurality of overlapping backup jobs that requires the list of changes; determining that no remaining backup job in the plurality of overlapping backup jobs requires the list of changes by: creating a list of backup jobs that require the list of changes, removing each backup job from the list of backup jobs after the backup job no longer requires the list of changes by configuring each backup job to remove itself from the list of backup jobs after the backup job no longer requires the list of changes, determining that the list of backup jobs is empty; deleting the list of changes.