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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2002
Thomas W. Lanzatella, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Graham Bromley, Dublin, CA (US);
John A. Colgrove, Los Altos, CA (US);
Ron Karr, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Blaine T. Cuykendall, San Jose, CA (US);
Oleg Kiselev, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Craig Harmer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Thomas W. Lanzatella, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Graham Bromley, Dublin, CA (US);
John A. Colgrove, Los Altos, CA (US);
Ron Karr, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Blaine T. Cuykendall, San Jose, CA (US);
Oleg Kiselev, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Craig Harmer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Veritas Operating Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for controlling the creation of stable disk images. Data is transmitted to an application program interface identifying the storage object. The application program interface returns a list with one or more methods appropriate for quiescing or for freezing the storage object.