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Method, system, and program for backing up objects by creating groups of objects

US6857053B2 · kind B2 · utility

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16References

27Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Christian Bolik · Oldenburg, DE
David M. Cannon · Tucson, US
Colin S. Dawson · Tucson, US
Avishai H. Hochberg · San Jose, US
Michael Allen Kaczmarski · Tucson, US
James P. Smith · Redwood City, US
Christopher Zaremba · Endicott, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 10, 2002
Grant date	Feb 15, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 30, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S707/99955
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Provided are a system, method, and program for grouping backup objects stored in backup storage. A backup group is created and a plurality of backup objects are added as members of the backup group in separate backup transactions. The backup objects added to the backup group are stored to backup storage.

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