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Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2022

Filed:

Mar. 29, 2017
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Sean P. Cox, San Francisco, CA (US);

David G. Derk, Gibsonia, PA (US);

Kevin L. Gibble, Tucson, AZ (US);

Avishai H. Hochberg, San Jose, CA (US);

James P. Smith, Redwood City, CA (US);

Steven V. Voyk, Austin, TX (US);

Martine B. Wedlake, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Jean X. Yu, Austin, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1464 (2013.01); G06F 11/1461 (2013.01); G06F 2201/815 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided are techniques for exploiting object tags in order to produce a work order across several backup engines for a backup job. A selection of tags for an object is received. A work order for the object is created using the tags. The work order is stored with a virtual server that stores the object, wherein a data mover of a backup engine retrieves the work order from the virtual server to back up the object.


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