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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Veritas Technologies Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Sudhakar Paulzagade, Maharashtra, IN;
Chiraq Dalal, Aundh, IN;
Assignee:
Veritas Technologies LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1402 (2013.01); G06F 17/30233 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and processes to optimize the storage of pre-allocated units of storage during a backup operation. Null units of storage are identified in pre-allocated units of storage prior to the backup operation. Upon being identified, the null units of storage are inhibited from being written to a backup image during the backup operation.