US 12,271,270 B2
Enabling user-based instant access from file based backups
Sunil Yadav, Punjab (IN); and Shelesh Chopra, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Jun. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/340,920.
Prior Publication US 2024/0427671 A1, Dec. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 11/14 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 11/1464 (2013.01) [G06F 11/1435 (2013.01); G06F 2201/815 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for managing access to file based backups (FBBs), the method comprising:
obtaining, by a FBB metadata file operating in a production host, an instant access request for data associated with an FBB, wherein the instant access request is associated with a user, wherein the instant access request specifies a read-only access of the data, and wherein the FBB is associated with a plurality of users comprising the user and a second user;
in response to the instant access request:
accessing a FBB metadata file associated with the FBB to determine file data that is associated with the user;
performing an attribute analysis on the FBB metadata file to identify storage location attributes, wherein the storage location attributes are each associated with a storage location of a portion of the file data in a backup storage system;
storing a FBB virtual file system in the production host using the storage location attributes; and
enabling access to the FBB virtual file system by the user via an application,
wherein the FBB virtual file system maps file system data to the storage locations, wherein the file system data comprises the file data, and
wherein the file data is not associated with the second user.