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Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012

Filed:

Jun. 19, 2008
Applicants:

Patrick J. Simek, Redmond, WA (US);

Elisabeth Katarina Olson, Bellevue, WA (US);

Samer Fouad Sawaya, Snoqualmie, WA (US);

Inventors:

Patrick J. Simek, Redmond, WA (US);

Elisabeth Katarina Olson, Bellevue, WA (US);

Samer Fouad Sawaya, Snoqualmie, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

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

Technologies are described herein for managing database snapshots. One user interface is provided for managing the automated creation and deletion of database snapshots. Parameters are received through the user interface that define how the database snapshots should be created and deleted. Once the parameters are defined, a timer job is executed that causes a DBMS to create and delete the database snapshots according to the specified parameters. A user interface is also provided for manually managing the creation, deletion, and restoration of database snapshots. A request may be received through this user interface to recover data from a database snapshot. In response to such a request, another user interface is provided for specifying the data that should be recovered. Once the data to be recovered has been specified, the desired data is recovered from the database snapshot.


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