
Chapter 1, Introduction 15
Frozen Image Overview
Backing up a snapshot-type frozen image
As shown in “Backing up a snapshot-type frozen image,” an accurate backup image is
obtained by combining the unchanged portions of the data with the snapshot cache.
When a backup of the snapshot frozen image begins, the backup application copies the
source data until it comes to a block that changed after the snapshot driver was
activated. The snapshot driver tells the backup process to skip that changed block and
read in its place the cached (original) copy . The backup application continues copying
When backup
completes, backup
data is identical to
original source.
s0
s1 s2 s3 c0 s5 s6 c1 c2
s9
s10
c0
c1 c2 c3 c4
Source data, modified
after snapshot
s0
s1 s2 s3 s4 s5 s6 s7 s8
s9
s10
Backup of snapshot:
Backup reads
source data from
s0, s1, s2, s3
1
2
At s4, snapshot
driver tells backup
to read c0 instead
of s4
3
Next, the backup
reads s5 and s6
from the source.
Cache
s0
s1 s2 s3 s4 s5 s6 s7 s8
s9
s10
5
Backup continues
reading source or
cache, as directed
by snapshot driver.
6
Source
c0
c1 c2
c3
c4
Cache
4
At s7 and s8, snap-
shot driver tells
backup to read c1,
c2 instead of s7, s8.
Backup image
1
2
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