US 11,886,306 B2
Systems and methods for leveraging backup metadata to provide granular options for discovery of deleted items and recovery after data backup
Sunil Yadav, Bangalore (IN); Aaditya Bansal, Bangalore (IN); Shelesh Chopra, Bangalore (IN); and Manish Sharma, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to DELL PRODUCT, Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/721,391.
Prior Publication US 2023/0333944 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 11/1469 (2013.01) [G06F 11/1453 (2013.01); G06F 2201/84 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for performing a backup, the method comprising:
receiving, by a computing device, a native view request to generate a graphical user interface (GUI) for a local file system stored on the computing device;
intercepting, by a backup agent executing on the computing device, the native view request before the GUI is generated;
obtaining, by the backup agent and in response to intercepting the native view request before the GUI is generated:
a file system backup metadata associated with the local file system from a backup storage device, and
a local file system metadata associated with the local file system from a local storage of the computing device;
generating, by the backup agent, a combined file system content list using the file system backup metadata and the local file system metadata;
generating, by the backup agent, the GUI using the combined file system content list, wherein the GUI comprises a graphical representation of the combined file system content list; and
displaying, on a display of the computing device and to a user, the GUI.