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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 22, 2016
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Jay S. Bryant, Rochester, MN (US);

James E. Carey, Rochester, MN (US);

Zachary A. Hill, Muskegon, MI (US);

Kendall J. Nelson, St. Paul, MN (US);

Lucas A. Palm, Rochester, MN (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/30 (2019.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/5077 (2013.01); G06F 11/1438 (2013.01); G06F 2201/84 (2013.01);
Abstract

A snapshot of data is generated by receiving a plurality of respective file system information sets from a corresponding plurality of virtual machines. Each of the plurality of virtual machines includes one or more storage volumes configured for receiving and storing data to thereby provide stored data. Each of the plurality of respective file information sets comprises file system information for the stored data. A first snapshot is created that includes the file system information for all of the virtual machines of the plurality of virtual machines.


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