Patent attributes
A computer-implemented backup management method that includes performing a backup process or method for each one of N backup media storage devices, wherein N is an integer equal to or greater than 1. The method includes performing a filesystem integrity test on test data stored on a device connected to a primary network to obtain a baseline test result. The method includes activating a network switch to connect the primary network to an isolated network associated with one of the N backup media storage devices. The method includes storing a first backup copy of the user data stored on the device on the one of the N backup media storage devices. The first backup copy is stored over a first time period that begins when the storing of the first backup copy is initiated and ends when the storing of the first backup copy is completed. The method includes continuously verifying, during the first time period, an integrity of the test data by performing filesystem integrity tests on the test data to determine if a result of any of the filesystem integrity tests does not match the baseline test result which was obtained prior to the first time period. The method includes deactivating, during the first time period, the network switch if the result of any of the filesystem integrity tests on the test data does not match the baseline test result. The method includes deactivating, at the end of the first time period, the network switch if the result of all of the filesystem integrity tests on the test data each match the baseline test result. Deactivating the network switch isolates the one of the N backup media storage devices and the isolated network associated with the one of the N backup media storage devices from all outside networks including the primary network.
