Patent ID: 8370306

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for recovering from continuous-data-protection blackouts, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising: identifying a continuous data protection system that includes a splitter driver configured to copy each change made to a set of data in real time; determining that the splitter driver has been unloaded, wherein the continuous data protection system blacks out while the splitter driver is unloaded; identifying a set of changes made to the set of data but missed by the continuous data protection system as a result of the continuous data protection system blacking out and not copying one or more changes that were made to the set of data while the continuous data protection system was blacked out; determining that the splitter driver has been reloaded; identifying an alternate change-tracking system that tracks changes made to the set of data; in response to determining that the splitter driver has been reloaded, updating the continuous data protection system with the missed set of changes as tracked by the alternate change-tracking system.