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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2016
Emc Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Ray David Whitmer, Pleasant Grove, UT (US);
Ajit Kumar Verma, Pleasant Grove, UT (US);
EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
In one example, a method for managing of generating information suitable for use in managing backed up data includes defining a sequence format that includes multiple numeric fields that are each associated with a respective partial definition of one or more designated points in time. One or more of the numeric fields are parameterized so that those numeric fields each embrace a range of possible values. A condition is then specified for one or more of the parameterized numeric fields. Finally, a sequence of designated points in time is generated by running a sequence definition that includes the conditions and parameterized numeric fields. Each designated point in time corresponds to a curtain that is associated with one or more rules which, when executed, assign an expiration time to one or more backup versions.