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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2019
Applicant:
Emc Ip Holding Company Llc, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Piers Yu, Shanghai, CN;
William C. Davenport, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 16/11 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0644 (2013.01); G06F 3/0608 (2013.01); G06F 3/0652 (2013.01); G06F 3/0653 (2013.01); G06F 16/128 (2019.01);
Abstract
In response to detecting that at least one snapshot group identifier has been allocated that has a maximum snapshot group identifier value, snapshot group identifiers are allocated to each newly created snapshot group by finding a previously allocated snapshot group identifier that is currently unused, and allocating the previously allocated snapshot group identifier that is currently unused to the newly created snapshot group.