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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2007
Stephan K. Gipp, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US);
Girish S. Jorapurkar, Roseville, MN (US);
Steven Kappel, Savage, MN (US);
James P. Ohr, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Shelley A. Schmokel, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Timothy J. Stevens, Andover, MN (US);
Weibao Wu, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
Stephan K. Gipp, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US);
Girish S. Jorapurkar, Roseville, MN (US);
Steven Kappel, Savage, MN (US);
James P. Ohr, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Shelley A. Schmokel, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Timothy J. Stevens, Andover, MN (US);
Weibao Wu, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method, system, and computer-readable storage medium are disclosed for sharing non-distributed, random-access storage resources among a plurality of computer systems. A first backup or restore operation may be initiated. In response to initiation of the first backup or restore operation, a volume of a random-access storage device may be automatically mounted at a first computer system. The random-access storage device may be coupled to the first computer system by a network, and the volume may store a non-distributed file system. The first backup or restore operation may be completed by transmitting a first set of data between the random-access storage device and the first computer system. In response to completion of the first backup or restore operation, the volume of the random-access storage device may be automatically unmounted at the first computer system.