Methods and apparatus to manage shadow copy providers
US8150936B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 30, 2006 |
| Grant date | Apr 3, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 25, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/10
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A data storage management system includes a virtual provider for interacting with a coordinator to receive shadow copy requests from a requestor and for interfacing with a plurality of providers that support various logical units on which data volumes can be stored. The virtual provider appears to the coordinator as a provider and can generate a shadow copy of a first one of the data volumes that spans multiple ones of the logical units, which are supported by different ones of the plurality of providers.
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