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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2003
Michael S. Murley, Austin, TX (US);
Thomas G. Price, Austin, TX (US);
Kenneth M. Mcdonald, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Stanley J. Dee, Austin, TX (US);
Linda S. Ball, Austin, TX (US);
Michael S. Murley, Austin, TX (US);
Thomas G. Price, Austin, TX (US);
Kenneth M. McDonald, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Stanley J. Dee, Austin, TX (US);
Linda S. Ball, Austin, TX (US);
BMC Software, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Techniques to create physically and transactionally consistent copies of one or more database objects without impacting the availability of the target database objects are described. In one technique, a consistent copy is created as of the time a copy utility is executed. In another technique, a consistent copy is created as of an arbitrary specified time. This approach modifies a prior copy to bring it 'up-to-date.' In yet another technique, a consistent copy is created by starting with a current snapshot of the target database objects and selectively removing updates from it back to a user specified arbitrary point-in-time. Each of the described techniques generate consistent copies of the target database objects without blocking users from accessing the target objects during the copy operation.