US 12,086,033 B2
System and method to enable a hybrid backup solution using snapshot-based backups and stream-based backups
Srikanth Chowdary Marri, Bengalure (IN); Madhukar Shukla, Bangalore (IN); Elango Chockalingam, Bangalore (IN); and Shivaraj Abbigeri, Karnataka (IN)
Assigned to DELL PRODUCTS L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Jan. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/159,477.
Prior Publication US 2024/0248800 A1, Jul. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 11/1448 (2013.01) [G06F 21/6218 (2013.01); G06F 2201/80 (2013.01); G06F 2201/84 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for performing a backup operation, the method comprising:
initiating, via a client device, an archive log backup of a client storage array of the client device;
generating, via the client device, the archive log backup on the client device of an archive log volume comprising changes made to assets stored on the client storage array, and wherein the archive log backup is a stream-based backup;
attaching, via the client device, a tag to a metadata file corresponding to the archive log backup that indicates that the archive log backup should be linked to a previously generated protection copy made using a snapshot-based backup operation;
sending, from the client device to a backup storage system, the archive log backup; and
linking, via the backup storage system, the archive log backup to the previously generated protection copy based on the tag.