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Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2006
Applicants:

Pu Ou, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);

Dale Cardin, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);

Anthony Orling, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);

Inventors:

Pu Ou, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);

Dale Cardin, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);

Anthony Orling, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);

Assignee:

Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Method and apparatus for file sharing between continuous and scheduled backups is described. One example relates to backing up source data stored by a computer system. A first portion of the source data is backed up at points in time in response to a backup schedule to produce a plurality of partial backups. A second portion of the source data is backed up continuously in response to changes of the second portion to maintain a replica of the second portion. The replica of the second portion is linked to the plurality of partial backups to produce a respective plurality of full backups of the source data.


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