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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2024
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Praveen Kumar Lakkimsetti, Dublin, CA (US);
Madhu Agrahara Gopalakrishna, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Mahadev Karadigudda, San Jose, CA (US);
Senthil Ponnuswamy, San Jose, CA (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
One or more embodiments relates to a method for protecting a system during non-business hours. The method comprising: initiating, by a data manager and based on a security policy, a secure period; receiving, after the initiating, a first data operation request from a client device on a customer system; making a first determination that the first data operation request specifies a destructive operation of data in a storage system; making a second determination, using the security policy, that the first data operation request is restricted; and restricting, in response to the second determination, destructive operations of data specified in the first data operation request.