diff --git a/services/backup/src/Tools.cpp b/services/backup/src/Tools.cpp
index fa469f166..afad647f5 100644
--- a/services/backup/src/Tools.cpp
+++ b/services/backup/src/Tools.cpp
@@ -1,23 +1,33 @@
 #include "Tools.h"
 
+#include "GlobalTools.h"
+
 #include <chrono>
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <random>
 
 namespace comm {
 namespace network {
 
 std::string generateRandomString(std::size_t length) {
   const std::string CHARACTERS =
       "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
   thread_local std::random_device generator;
   std::uniform_int_distribution<> distribution(0, CHARACTERS.size() - 1);
   std::string random_string;
   for (std::size_t i = 0; i < length; ++i) {
     random_string += CHARACTERS[distribution(generator)];
   }
   return random_string;
 }
 
+std::string generateHolder(
+    const std::string &blobHash,
+    const std::string &backupID,
+    const std::string &resourceID) {
+  return backupID + ID_SEPARATOR + resourceID + ID_SEPARATOR + blobHash +
+      ID_SEPARATOR + generateUUID();
+}
+
 } // namespace network
 } // namespace comm
diff --git a/services/backup/src/Tools.h b/services/backup/src/Tools.h
index 2fa862d1e..3c78aded6 100644
--- a/services/backup/src/Tools.h
+++ b/services/backup/src/Tools.h
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <string>
 
 namespace comm {
 namespace network {
 
 std::string generateRandomString(std::size_t length = 20);
 
+std::string generateHolder(
+    const std::string &blobHash,
+    const std::string &backupID,
+    const std::string &resourceID = "");
+
 } // namespace network
 } // namespace comm
diff --git a/services/lib/src/GlobalTools.h b/services/lib/src/GlobalTools.h
index 8cdf62f10..7b2ff3bec 100644
--- a/services/lib/src/GlobalTools.h
+++ b/services/lib/src/GlobalTools.h
@@ -1,20 +1,22 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <string>
 
 namespace comm {
 namespace network {
 
+const std::string ID_SEPARATOR = ":";
+
 uint64_t getCurrentTimestamp();
 
 bool hasEnvFlag(const std::string &flag);
 
 std::string decorateTableName(const std::string &baseName);
 
 bool isDevMode();
 
 std::string generateUUID();
 
 } // namespace network
 } // namespace comm