The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2003
Anand A. Kekre, Pune, IN;
Ronald S. Karr, Palo Alto, CA (US);
John A. Colgrove, Los Altos, CA (US);
Kedar M. Karmarkar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Raghu Krishnamurthy, Cupertino, CA (US);
Saurabh R. Godbole, Pune, IN;
Ming Xu, San Ramon, CA (US);
Vikas K. Gupta, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Deepak Tawri, Pune, IN;
Anand A. Kekre, Pune, IN;
Ronald S. Karr, Palo Alto, CA (US);
John A. Colgrove, Los Altos, CA (US);
Kedar M. Karmarkar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Raghu Krishnamurthy, Cupertino, CA (US);
Saurabh R. Godbole, Pune, IN;
Ming Xu, San Ramon, CA (US);
Vikas K. Gupta, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Deepak Tawri, Pune, IN;
Symantec Operating Corporation, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system of providing periodic replication is disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method is provided which comprises creating a storage object corresponding to a storage volume, wherein the storage object comprises a point-in-time copy of the storage volume and a storage volume map; and replicating the storage volume using the storage object.