Granted Patent B2

US 11,281,391 · App. 16/917,812 · Granted Mar 22, 2022

Inventors: Yuting Zhang (Chengdu, CN); Kaikai Jia (Chengdu, CN)

Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC

G06F3/0647G06F3/065G06F3/067G06F3/0619G06F3/0664G06F9/45558

Abstract

Claims (53)

1. A method for migrating a backup system, comprising:

storing a backup copy from a first backup system to a second backup system, wherein the first backup system is used to store historical backup copies of an application system, and the second backup system is used to store future backup copies of the application system;

dividing the backup copy into multiple backup extents;

receiving a backup request for backing up a data object in the application system;

backing up, based on a comparison between the data object and the multiple backup extents, the data object to the second backup system to form a backup copy corresponding to the data object; and

setting a reference mark for a backup extent of the multiple backup extents, wherein the reference mark indicates a count of references of the backup extent by backup copies in the second backup system.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein backing up, based on the comparison, the data object to the second backup system comprises: according to a determination that the multiple backup extents include at least a portion of data in the data object, backing up the data object to the second backup system based on an incremental backup rule.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

setting a lifetime mark for the backup extent, wherein the lifetime mark indicates a lifetime of the backup extent in the second backup system.

4. The method according to claim 3 , further comprising:

deleting the backup extent from the second backup system based on the reference mark and the lifetime mark.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

acquiring a first capacity of the first backup system and a second capacity of the second backup system, respectively;

selecting a set of backup copies from the first backup system based on a comparison between the first capacity and the second capacity; and

storing the set of backup copies to the second backup system, wherein the backup copy is one of the set of backup copies.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein storing the backup copy to the second backup system comprises:

establishing a communication connection between the second backup system and the first backup system with configuration information for accessing the first backup system; and

sending, to the first backup system via the communication connection, a restoration request for restoring the backup copy.

7. The method according to claim 6 , further comprising:

establishing a virtual machine in the second backup system; and

restoring the backup copy in the first backup system to the virtual machine according to receipt of a response to the restoration request from the first backup system.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein backing up, based on the comparison, the data object to the second backup system comprises: according to a determination that the multiple backup extents do not include any data in the data object, backing up the data object to the second backup system based on a full backup rule.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second backup system divides the backup copy into the multiple backup extents.

10. An electronic device, comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory coupled to the at least one processor and having instructions stored therein, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the electronic device to perform a method, the method comprising:

storing a backup copy from a first backup system to a second backup system, wherein the first backup system is used to store historical backup copies of an application system, and the second backup system is used to store future backup copies of the application system;

dividing the backup copy into multiple backup extents;

receiving a backup request for backing up a data object in the application system;

backing up, based on a comparison between the data object and the multiple backup extents, the data object to the second backup system to form a backup copy corresponding to the data object; and

setting a reference mark for a backup extent of the multiple backup extents, wherein the reference mark indicates a count of references of the backup extent by backup copies in the second backup system.

11. The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein backing up, based on the comparison, the data object to the second backup system comprises: according to a determination that the multiple backup extents include at least a portion of data in the data object, backing up the data object to the second backup system based on an incremental backup rule.

12. The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein the method further comprises:

setting a lifetime mark for the backup extent, wherein the lifetime mark indicates lifetime of the backup extent in the second backup system.

13. The electronic device according to claim 12 , wherein the method further comprises:

deleting the backup extent from the second backup system based on the reference mark and the lifetime mark.

14. The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein the method further comprises:

acquiring a first capacity of the first backup system and a second capacity of the second backup system, respectively;

selecting a set of backup copies from the first backup system based on a comparison between the first capacity and the second capacity; and

storing the set of backup copies to the second backup system, wherein the backup copy is one of the set of backup copies.

15. The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein storing the backup copy to the second backup system comprises:

establishing a communication connection between the second backup system and the first backup system with configuration information for accessing the first backup system; and

sending, to the first backup system via the communication connection, a restoration request for restoring the backup copy.

16. The electronic device according to claim 15 , wherein storing the backup copy to the second backup system further comprises:

establishing a virtual machine in the second backup system; and

restoring the backup copy in the first backup system to the virtual machine according to receipt of a response to the restoration request from the first backup system.

17. The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein backing up, based on the comparison, the data object to the second backup system comprises: according to a determination that the multiple backup extents do not include any data in the data object, backing up the data object to the second backup system based on a full backup rule.

18. A computer program product tangibly stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium and comprising machine-executable instructions, wherein the machine-executable instructions are used to implement a method, the method comprising:

storing a backup copy from a first backup system to a second backup system, wherein the first backup system is used to store historical backup copies of an application system, and the second backup system is used to store future backup copies of the application system;

dividing the backup copy into multiple backup extents;

receiving a backup request for backing up a data object in the application system;

backing up, based on a comparison between the data object and the multiple backup extents, the data object to the second backup system to form a backup copy corresponding to the data object; and

setting a reference mark for a backup extent of the multiple backup extents, wherein the reference mark indicates a count of references of the backup extent by backup copies in the second backup system.

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