System and techniques for backing up scalable computing objects

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12189495-B2
Application number	US-202218091377-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 30, 2022
Priority date	Oct 26, 2022
Publication date	Jan 7, 2025
Grant date	Jan 7, 2025

Abstract

A data management system (DMS) may support the backing up of scalable computing objects, such as hierarchical computing objects. For example, the DMS may backup a computing system and facilitate that capture and storage of snapshots of the computing system. The DMS may determine to capture a first snapshot of a computing object within the computing system. The DMS may identify components corresponding to respective portions of the computing object and cause the computing system to generate respective snapshots of the components. That is, the DMS may cause the computing system to generate multiple individual snapshots that together may constitute snapshot of the computing object. The DMS may generate the first snapshot that includes metadata for the snapshots of the components. The metadata may include a first identifier for the first snapshot and respective identifiers for the respective snapshots of the components.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
transmitting, from a data management system to a computing system, signaling that instructs the computing system to generate a set of respective snapshots at a first point in time of a plurality of components of a computing object within the computing system;
causing, by the data management system, storage of the set of respective snapshots in a first storage entity accessible to the data management system in association with a set of respective identifiers for the set of respective snapshots; and
causing, by the data management system, storage of a first snapshot corresponding to the first point in time for the computing object, wherein the first snapshot comprises metadata representative of the set of respective snapshots, the metadata comprising a first identifier for the first snapshot and the set of respective identifiers for the set of respective snapshots stored in the first storage entity.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting the signaling that instructs the computing system to generate the set of respective snapshots comprises:
transmitting signaling to initiate a compute instance at the computing system, the compute instance for generating the set of respective snapshots.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the signaling instructs the compute instance to initiate a set of remote procedure calls, each remote procedure call for generating a respective snapshot of the set of respective snapshots.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the signaling initiates a set of compute instances at the computing system, the signaling instructing each compute instance of the set of compute instances to generate a respective snapshot of the set of respective snapshots.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
assigning, by the data management system, the set of respective identifiers to the set of respective snapshots in accordance with an identification of the plurality of components, wherein the signaling comprises the set of respective identifiers for inclusion in the metadata for the set of respective snapshots.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting, by the data management system, second signaling that instructs the computing system to generate or update a set of index files corresponding to the set of respective snapshots and associated with the first snapshot.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein a first index file of the set of index files corresponds to a first subset of snapshots of the set of respective snapshots, the first subset of snapshots comprising a plurality of snapshots.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining, by the data management system, that a subset of snapshots of the set of respective snapshots failed to be generated; and
transmitting, by the data management system, second signaling that instructs the computing system to retry generation of the subset of snapshots.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the second signaling is specific to the subset of snapshots and excludes instructions associated with a second subset of snapshots of the set of respective snapshots for which generation was successful or is ongoing.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining to restore one or more portions of the computing object based at least in part on the set of respective snapshots;
determining one or more snapshots of the set of respective snapshots corresponding to the one or more portions of the computing object based at least in part on the first snapshot; and
restoring the one or more portions of the computing object using the one or more snapshots.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein restoring the one or more portions of the computing object comprises:
restoring a first portion of the computing object using a second snapshot of the one or more snapshots; and
concurrently restoring a second portion of the computing object using a third snapshot of the one or more snapshots.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein a respective portion of the computing object corresponds to a respective resource of the computing object that is accessed via a respective application programming interface.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein a respective portion of the computing object corresponds to a document library, a web page, a public communication channel of a group-based communication platform, a set of files associated with the public communication channel, a private communication channel of the group-based communication platform, a set of files associated with the private communication channel, or metadata associated with one or more other portions of the computing object.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the metadata associated with the one or more other portions of the computing object indicates a hierarchical relationship between the one or more other portions of the computing object.

15. An apparatus, comprising:
at least one processor;
memory coupled with the at least one processor; and
instructions stored in the memory and executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:
transmit, from a data management system to a computing system, signaling that instructs the computing system to generate a set of respective snapshots at a first point in time of a plurality of components of a computing object within the computing system;
cause, by the data management system, storage of the set of respective snapshots in a first storage entity accessible to the data management system in association with a set of respective identifiers for the set of respective snapshots; and
cause, by the data management system, storage of a first snapshot corresponding to the first point in time for the computing object, wherein the first snapshot comprises metadata representative of the set of respective snapshots, the metadata comprising a first identifier for the first snapshot and the set of respective identifiers for the set of respective snapshots stored in the first storage entity.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein, to transmit the signaling that instructs the computing system to generate the set of respective snapshots, the instructions are executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:
transmit signaling to initiate a compute instance at the computing system, the compute instance for generating the set of respective snapshots.

17. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:
transmit, by the data management system, second signaling that instructs the computing system to generate or update a set of index files corresponding to the set of respective snapshots and associated with the first snapshot.

18. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:
determine, by the data management system, that a subset of snapshots of the set of respective snapshots failed to be generated; and
transmit, by the data management system, second signaling that instructs the computing system to retry generation of the subset of snapshots.

19. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:
determine to restore one or more portions of the computing object based at least in part on the set of respective snapshots;
determine one or more snapshots of the set of respective snapshots corresponding to the one or more portions of the computing o

Assignees

• Rubrik Inc

Inventors

• Katuri Sai Kiran
• Pandey Prateek
• Lim Jihang
• Vu Amelia

Classifications

• G06F2201/84

  Using snapshots, i.e. a logical point-in-time copy of the data · CPC title

• G06F3/067

  Distributed or networked storage systems, e.g. storage area networks [SAN], network attached storage [NAS] · CPC title

• G06F3/065

  Replication mechanisms · CPC title

• G06F3/0619

  in relation to data integrity, e.g. data losses, bit errors · CPC title

• G06F11/1469 Primary

  Backup restoration techniques · CPC title