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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2014
Applicant:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development Lp, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Alastair Michael Slater, Chepstow, GB;
Mark Robert Watkins, Bristol, GB;
Gowtam Chandra Karanth, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/00 (2019.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01); G06F 16/11 (2019.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1469 (2013.01); G06F 3/065 (2013.01); G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/0641 (2013.01); G06F 3/0689 (2013.01); G06F 11/1453 (2013.01); G06F 16/128 (2019.01); G06F 2201/84 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is described herein. The method includes generating an allocation map for a backup. The method also includes storing the allocation map in a storage device. The method further includes reading the allocation map to skip reading empty blocks during storing of a file from the backup. The method also further includes and reading the allocation map to skip writing zeros to a formatted target disk during a restore session of a file from the backup.