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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:
Mar. 30, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 19, 2014
Applicant:

Emc Ip Holding Company Llc, Hopkinton, MA (US);

Inventors:
Assignee:

EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/00 (2019.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1451 (2013.01); G06F 11/1474 (2013.01); G06F 2201/80 (2013.01); G06F 2201/87 (2013.01);
Abstract

A summary change log indexed by inode number is disclosed. An indication is received that a file system object associated with a corresponding file system index node (inode) has been modified. A summary change record is stored for the corresponding inode, including by: locating or creating an entry for the inode in an inode translation file; storing data associated with the modification in a summary change record located within a summary change file at an offset indicated in the entry; and using the summary change record to perform a backup.


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