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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
May. 22, 2008
Sandeep Kumar Srivastava, Hyderabad, IN;
Chetan a Parulekar, Hyderabad, IN;
Erica Sui-ching Lan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Kannan Ramasubramanian, Hyderabad, IN;
Suyog Mukund Gadgil, Bellevue, WA (US);
Rohan Bhattacharjee, Redmond, WA (US);
Vijay Krishnan, Hyderabad, IN;
Anatoliy Panasyuk, Bellevue, WA (US);
Sandeep Kumar Srivastava, Hyderabad, IN;
Chetan A Parulekar, Hyderabad, IN;
Erica Sui-Ching Lan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Kannan Ramasubramanian, Hyderabad, IN;
Suyog Mukund Gadgil, Bellevue, WA (US);
Rohan Bhattacharjee, Redmond, WA (US);
Vijay Krishnan, Hyderabad, IN;
Anatoliy Panasyuk, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to backup up data. In aspects, a backup target determines a degree to which a data set included on the backup target is not backed up on a backup facility. The degree can represent more than just that the data set is completely backed up or is not backed up at all. If the degree satisfies a condition, the backup target utilizes information derived from a backup history of one or more attempted or successfully completed backup sessions between the backup target and the backup facility to determine whether to provide a notification regarding backup state. The backup target also may send the degree and other backup information to a backup facility which may use this information in determining a backup scheme to employ with the backup target.