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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2019
Applicant:
Emc Ip Holding Company Llc, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Inventors:
James Morton, Adamstown, MD (US);
Min Liu, Shanghai, CN;
Lihui Su, Shanghai, CN;
Yubing Zhang, Shanghai, CN;
Yujun Liang, Shanghai, CN;
Ming Zhang, Shanghai, CN;
Assignee:
EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 16/14 (2019.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); G06F 16/901 (2019.01); G06F 16/13 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/14 (2019.01); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 11/1448 (2013.01); G06F 16/13 (2019.01); G06F 16/9017 (2019.01); G06F 2009/45562 (2013.01);
Abstract
File metadata of a virtual machine can be generated when performing a backup of a virtual machine. A backup copy of the virtual machine and the file metadata can be stored in a backup storage system. The file metadata can be retrieved from the storage system in a manner that is decoupled from the performance of the backup of the virtual machine. The file metadata can be used for searching for files within the backup copy of the virtual machine.