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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2015
Emc Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Adrian Dobrean, Oakville, CA;
Dorota Zak, Mississauga, CA;
EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments are described for improved management of backed up data from a client device to a storage device. The storage device may be coupled to a backup server across a network. A backup of data from an application on a client device to a storage device may fail while the backup is in progress. Systems and methods described herein can detect and remove incomplete backups. Systems and methods described herein can also scan for, and delete, save sets of a backups within a specified time interval. Systems and methods described herein can update metadata that describes existing backup data so that existing backups may be used with an updated or changed application software.