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Patent No.:

US 7716176 B1

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Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010

Filed:

Jan. 03, 2006
Applicants:

Yogesh Kandlikar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Larry Lancaster, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Yogesh Kandlikar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Larry Lancaster, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

Network Appliance, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method and an apparatus to filter autosupport data are presented. In one embodiment, the method includes filtering autosupport data from a storage appliance using criteria provided by a user, with relational integrity of the autosupport data protected. The method may further include exporting the filtered autosupport data to a public network to be uploaded to a portal server over the public network.


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