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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2007
Yuri S. Per, Moscow, RU;
Juri V. Tsibrovski, Moscow, RU;
Maxim V. Lyadvinsky, Moscow, RU;
Serguei M. Beloussov, Singapore, SG;
Yuri S. Per, Moscow, RU;
Juri V. Tsibrovski, Moscow, RU;
Maxim V. Lyadvinsky, Moscow, RU;
Serguei M. Beloussov, Singapore, SG;
Acronis, Inc., Tortola, VG;
Abstract
A system and method for multivolume file system backup without suspending activity of user application programs uses a file system snapshot of two and more partitions or volumes of the storage device, or two and more data storages, significantly increasing computer system availability and allows backing up two and more partitions of the storage device without interrupting computer services. Backup procedure is performed online, simultaneously creates snapshots of two and more partitions of the storage device or storage devices in the pre-selected point of time and copies data blocks from partitions into the backup storage device, optionally through the intermediate storage device. When a write command is directed to a data storage block identified for backup that has not yet been backed up, the identified data storage block is copied from the storage device to the intermediate storage device, the write command is executed on the identified data storage block from the storage device, and the data storage block is copied from the intermediate storage device to the backup storage device.