Symantec Corporation

Dennis Parker

Deepak Patil

Claudia Lynne Rudolph

Alioune Thiam

Techniques for storage lifecycle policy management. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for storage lifecycle policy management comprising creating a version of a storage lifecycle policy, associating a unique version ID with the created version of the storage lifecycle policy, associating the unique version ID with one or more portions of backup data created during a storage management job instantiated under the created version of the storage lifecycle policy, and ensuring that one or more storage management actions performed on the one or more portions of backup data comply with the created version of the storage lifecycle policy associated with unique version ID.

Techniques for storage lifecycle policy management

A method and apparatus supporting compound deposition for data images. The method and apparatus comprises configuring a backup process according to a storage plan, wherein the storage plan is defined by destination list, backup properties, and backup policy and rules.

Method and apparatus for supporting compound disposition for data images

A method and apparatus for managing a lifecycle of a snapshot image using a storage lifecycle policy is described. In one embodiment, the method comprises recording a snapshot image of a volume and creating a copy of the snapshot image, wherein the copy is to be used to implement a storage lifecycle policy for the snapshot image.

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Burnsville, MN, United States of America

Dennis Parker