Abstract: A backup management system for providing data integrity services to an application host that hosts an application that uses application data includes storage for storing threshold values for creating an application backup and a processor programmed to monitor: a rate of change associated with the application data, and an input-output rate of the application data; make a determination, based on the threshold values, the rate of change, and the input-output rate, that an unscheduled backup for the application is to be generated; obtain a micro-backup for the application in response to the determination; and obtain a restoration ready backup for the application using the micro-backup and at least one previously generated backup.

Abstract: A backup management system for providing data integrity services to an application host that hosts an application that uses application data includes storage for storing threshold values for creating an application backup and a processor programmed to monitor: a rate of change associated with the application data, and an input-output rate of the application data; make a determination, based on the threshold values, the rate of change, and the input-output rate, that an unscheduled backup for the application is to be generated; obtain a micro-backup for the application in response to the determination; and obtain a restoration ready backup for the application using the micro-backup and at least one previously generated backup.

Abstract: A backup management system for providing data integrity services to an application host that hosts an application having application data includes storage for storing a restore point catalog and a processor programmed to obtain a micro-backup of the application, wherein the micro-backup reflects changes made to the application data over a period of time from when a last scheduled backup was generated and a number of changes to the application data exceeded a predetermined number, wherein generation of the micro-backup was not scheduled; obtain a timestamp that delineates an end of the period of time; obtain header data of the last scheduled backup generated for the application host; and obtain an application backup for the application using the micro-backup, the timestamp, and the header data, wherein the application backup is usable to restore the application to a state associated with the end of the period of time.