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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2021
Vmware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Enning Xiang, San Jose, CA (US);
Wenguang Wang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Pranay Singh, San Ramon, CA (US);
VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for the reverse deletion of a plurality of snapshots in a chain of snapshots is provided. The method includes in reverse order, starting from a latest snapshot in time to an earliest snapshot in time of the plurality of snapshots: identifying at least one of a first set of one or more data blocks of a snapshot that are shared with an earlier snapshot in time in the chain of snapshots or a second set of one or more data blocks of the snapshot that are owned by the snapshot and processing the second set of one or more data blocks and skipping processing the first set of one or more data blocks, wherein processing the second set of one or more data blocks comprises performing one or more actions to maintain and/or delete data blocks of the second set of one or more data blocks.