Emc Corporation

Emc IP Holding Company LLC

Cara P Garber

Ananthan K Pillai

Madhav Mutalik

Ajay Shekhar

Christopher J Hackett

Peter A Bouchard

David C Dysert

Puneet B Lal

Hamid R Farshi

Madhup Mishra

IT organizations are challenged with maintaining data application and availability while satisfying service level agreements and compliance requirements. Unprecedented data growth is straining IT resources requiring greater investments, while capital and operational expenses are under scrutiny. Given this tension, IT organizations are seeking efficiency and optimization to regain control and meet business SLAs. Example embodiments of the present invention provide a method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for performing automated data protection with information technology (IT) infrastructure visibility. The method comprises receiving input regarding a desired state of a data protection environment for an IT infrastructure and creating a data protection environment according to the desired state of the data protection environment.

Method and apparatus for automated data protection with IT infrastructure visibility

A method and apparatus for method for transferring files between a primary storage system and a backup and restore system is described. The system generates collapsed extents which are used to specify data to be backed up to a backup and restore system. The backup and restore system backs up data based on the collapsed extents but records all extents included in the collapsed extents to enable the system to facilitate restoration of the data at a later point in time.

Method and apparatus for computing file storage elements for backup and restore

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