US 12,292,800 B2
Restoring from a temporary backup target in an intelligent destination target selection system for remote backups
Mark Malamut, Aliso Viejo, CA (US); Jennifer M. Minarik, Zionsville, IN (US); and Brian E. Freeman, Golden, CO (US)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/304,046.
Application 18/304,046 is a continuation in part of application No. 18/174,488, filed on Feb. 24, 2023.
Application 18/174,488 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/863,048, filed on Jul. 12, 2022, granted, now 11,880,281.
Prior Publication US 2024/0020200 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 11/14 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 11/1435 (2013.01) [G06F 11/1464 (2013.01); G06F 11/1466 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method of restoring data from one or more temporary backup targets, comprising:
accessing data of a plurality of files backed up in a series of periodic backups, wherein each backup of the periodic backups is referenced by a hash value that indicates a location of a temporary backup target of the one or more temporary backup targets storing a respective backup of the periodic backups;
examining and checking the location of the temporary backup target, the checked location storing a specific version of a file of the plurality of files;
identifying hashes of the specific version of the file for the checked location;
performing a restore operation on data chunks referenced by the identified hashes, wherein some data chunks may be stored locally on a primary backup target and others may be retrieved from the temporary backup target.