Abstract: A method, computer program product, computing system, and system for backing up changed sectors of a virtual disk are described. A method may include determining changed file regions of the virtual disk, the changed file regions being file regions of the virtual disk that changed since a last backup. The method may further include determining changed blocks of the virtual disk, the changed blocks of the virtual disk being blocks of the virtual disk that lie, at least in part, in the changed file regions. The method may also include determining changed sectors for the changed blocks of the virtual disk based upon, at least in part, at least one of: a region offset, a block offset, sector size, and a count of sectors in an associated block. Additionally, the method may include backing up the changed sectors of the virtual disk.

Abstract: A method for minimizing VMWARE™ snapshot lifetime, by reading data from a storage snapshot created on the VM storage side. The reading is performed by mounting the storage snapshot as a new datastore on an ESX(I) host and accessing the host using a standard VMWARE™ VDDK (vStorage API) method. A pre-configured source ESX(I) host contains a VM that needs to be backed up. A SAN storage connected to the ESX(I) host over iSCSI or FibreChannel or NFS protocols is used. The backup agent, which contains the proprietary code, is installed on a physical or a virtual machine connected to an ESX(I) host. This backup agent maintains the operations with the ESX(I) host and the SAN storage and coordinates the VM virtual disks data read and write operations. The backup agent contains the executable code, which provides compatibility with SAN storage and ESX(I) host.

Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for live virtual incremental restoring of data from a cloud storage. An example method includes, in response to detecting a data backup, collecting information by a hardware processor of a computing device for configuring a list of changed sectors (LCS) of a storage medium of the computing device as a result of the data backup. The method further includes virtually restoring at least a portion of electronic data saved in the storage medium of the computing device from the cloud storage, the selected electronic data being previously saved in the cloud storage. The method also includes rebooting the computing device and applying changes to the storage medium of the computing device based on the LCS during a subsequent data backup.

Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for performing agentless backup of a virtual machine using a temporary attached virtual disk. An example method includes creating a virtual machine disk in a datastore, loading a software application in the virtual machine disk, the software application being configured to collect metadata relating to at least one application executing in an operating system of the virtual machine, communicatively coupling the datastore to the virtual machine, collecting the metadata relating to the at least one application executing in the operating system of the virtual machine, generating a snapshot of the virtual machine, and storing a backup of the virtual machine in a backup archive based on the snapshot.

Abstract: A method, computer program product, computing system, and system for virtual machine backup are described. In part, the disclosure relates to methods and systems for performing backup of virtual machine files on a block level that include features that allow a user to select and backup specific files or folders of file systems of a VM. The specificity and selectivity features by which certain files or folders are backup from a file system of a VM can be implemented by processing one or more partition structures of a virtual disk of a virtual machine. Once the partition structures have been processed and analyzed using a backup up software application, it is then possible to detect and process guest file systems of the VM.

Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for performing agentless backup of a virtual machine using a temporary attached virtual disk. An example method includes creating a virtual machine disk in a datastore, loading a software application in the virtual machine disk, the software application being configured to collect metadata relating to at least one application executing in an operating system of the virtual machine, communicatively coupling the datastore to the virtual machine, collecting the metadata relating to the at least one application executing in the operating system of the virtual machine, generating a snapshot of the virtual machine, and storing a backup of the virtual machine in a backup archive based on the snapshot.

Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for live virtual incremental restoring of data from a cloud storage. An example method includes, in response to detecting a data backup, collecting information by a hardware processor of a computing device for configuring a list of changed sectors (LCS) of a storage medium of the computing device as a result of the data backup. The method further includes virtually restoring at least a portion of electronic data saved in the storage medium of the computing device from the cloud storage, the selected electronic data being previously saved in the cloud storage. The method also includes rebooting the computing device and applying changes to the storage medium of the computing device based on the LCS during a subsequent data backup.