System and method for coalescing a plurality of snapshots
US7467167B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 19, 2002 |
| Grant date | Dec 16, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 20, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/1461
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for coalescing a plurality of snapshots into a single destination volume file system. Each snapshot and its replicated file system is replicated in a directory associated with the destination file system in which the coalesced snapshots are stored. The destination file system can be associated with a backup server and information from each of the plurality of snapshots can be transferred to the backup server by an respective backup clients over a network. Information can be passed to the backup server from the backup client(s) using a dump and restore process.
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