Manipulating electronic backups

摘要

Systems and methods are provided for storing and restoring digital data. In some implementations, a method is provided. The method includes initiating a backup operation of data including a plurality of items, interrupting the backup operation, where interrupting occurs after a portion of the data has been completed, receiving an input to resume the backup operation, identifying a previously completed portion of the backup data, and performing a backup of a remaining uncompleted portion of the backup data. Other embodiments of this aspect include corresponding systems, apparatus, computer program products, and computer readable media.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
initiating an initial backup operation of data including a plurality of items; interrupting the initial backup operation after a portion of the data is backed up; associating the backed up data with a timestamp; receiving an input to resume the initial backup operation; comparing the timestamp with a timestamp of a last completed backup operation; based on the comparing, resuming the initial backup operation to back up a remaining portion of the data; completing the initial backup operation; monitoring for modifications to one or more items of the plurality of items during the initial backup operation; and upon determining that one or more items of the plurality of items were modified during the initial backup operation, modifying the backed up data based on the determination, where the method is performed by one or more processors.