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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2023
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Sunil Yadav, Bangalore, IN;
Shelesh Chopra, Bangalore, IN;
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
Techniques described herein relate to a method for performing data protection services on a host. The method includes identifying a first protection policy confirmation event associated with a first protection policy corresponding to a first file system of a plurality of file systems of the host obtaining first dependency information associated with the first file system from a data protection agent of the host; making a first determination that the first protection policy is associated with user dependency rules; making a second determination that the user dependency rules specify a protection policy update associated with the first protection policy; updating the first protection policy based on the first dependency information and the user dependency rules to obtain an updated first protection policy; and initiating performance of first data protection services by the data protection agent based on the updated first protection policy.