US 12,298,857 B2
Generic “differential discovery service” for use in any storage array to provide differential discovery of the infrastructure assets to any client
Jayashree Radha, Bangalore (IN); and Astha Arora, Bengaluru (IN)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Oct. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/482,429.
Prior Publication US 2025/0117295 A1, Apr. 10, 2025
Int. Cl. G06F 17/00 (2019.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01); G06F 16/23 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 11/1451 (2013.01) [G06F 16/2358 (2019.01); G06F 2201/80 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving a first message specifying that one or more changes have been made to infrastructure assets of a storage array;
in response to receiving the first message, updating a change table stored in a database to specify the one or more changes made to the infrastructure assets, the change table including a unique index offset value for each of the one or more changes;
based on the unique index offset value, determining if the one or more changes are to be communicated to a backup engine or client; and
when it is determined that the one or more change are to be communicated to the backup engine or client, sending a second message to the backup engine or client that notifies the backup engine or client of the one or more changes made to the infrastructure assets of the storage array.