US 12,222,819 B2
Data protection for stub files and cloud metadata
Prakash Venkatanarayanan, Framingham, MA (US); Upanshu Singhal, Bangalore (IN); and Anurag Bhatnagar, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Jul. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/866,856.
Prior Publication US 2024/0020205 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 7/02 (2006.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01); G06F 16/00 (2019.01); G06F 16/10 (2019.01); G06F 16/11 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 11/1464 (2013.01) [G06F 11/1469 (2013.01); G06F 16/10 (2019.01); G06F 16/113 (2019.01); G06F 2201/84 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
15. A method comprising:
requesting and receiving from a cloud mobility platform metadata for accessing one or more file systems which have been tiered to cloud storage;
writing the metadata to at least one backup storage location;
reading a plurality of stub files corresponding to a plurality of files of the one or more file systems which have been tiered to cloud storage; and
writing the plurality of stub files to the at least one backup storage location;
wherein the method is performed by at least one processing platform comprising at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory.