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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2012
Steven M. Berman, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Dominic Mueller-wicke, Mainz, DE;
Wayne A. Sawdon, San Jose, CA (US);
James P. Smith, San Jose, CA (US);
Steven M. Berman, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Dominic Mueller-Wicke, Mainz, DE;
Wayne A. Sawdon, San Jose, CA (US);
James P. Smith, San Jose, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for using a metadata image of a file system and archive instance to backup files in the file system. A point-in-time backup is performed of files in the file system as of a point-in-time. A metadata image includes information on files and directories in the file system as of the point-in-time. Files in the point-in-time backup are backed up to a backup storage. A backup database has records on the files backed-up from the file system. Each record in the backup database has a unique identifier for each backed-up file and a location of the backed-up file in the backup storage. An archive instance is generated including a copy of the database records for the files in the point-in-time backup. The metadata image and the archive instance are associated for the point-in-time backup.