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Deactivating virtual devices and rolling backup

US7340461B2 · kind B2 · utility

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19Claims
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Filing dateNov 27, 2002
Grant dateMar 4, 2008
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Expiry dateNov 17, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S707/99954
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Handling data includes providing a first storage area of a first type that contains sections of data, providing a second storage area of the first type that contains sections of data, providing a third storage area of a second type where the second type has, for each section thereof, a pointer to one of: a corresponding section of data of the first storage area and a corresponding section of data of the second storage area, causing the third storage area to be not available for accessing, and after causing the third storage area to not be available for accessing, providing data from the second storage area corresponding to pointers of the third storage area that point to sections of the second storage area.

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