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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2004
Andrew P. Haslam, Western Springs, NZ;
Nigel Pattinson, Auckland Central, NZ;
Charles Truell, Mt. Eden, NZ;
Andrew L. Paxie, Sandringham, NZ;
Abraham Dowd, Western Springs, NZ;
Andrew P. Haslam, Western Springs, NZ;
Nigel Pattinson, Auckland Central, NZ;
Charles Truell, Mt. Eden, NZ;
Andrew L. Paxie, Sandringham, NZ;
Abraham Dowd, Western Springs, NZ;
Symantec Corporation, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A cloning manager preserves in-place file system objects during a clone operation. The cloning manager determines boundaries on a target storage medium to contain a resultant file system to be created by the clone operation, and identifies at least one protected area within the boundaries to be overwritten by the clone operation. The cloning manager also identifies at least one in-place file system object at least partially within the boundaries not to be overwritten during the clone operation. The cloning manager ensures that each in-place file system object is not located in a protected area, shifting the objects as necessary. The cloning manager performs the clone operation, creating the resultant file system only in locations within the boundaries in which no in-place file system object is located.