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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2007
Applicants:
Ynn-pyng Tsaur, Oviedo, FL (US);
William Cochran, Orlando, FL (US);
Inventors:
Ynn-Pyng Tsaur, Oviedo, FL (US);
William Cochran, Orlando, FL (US);
Assignee:
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Techniques for virtual archiving are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for performing virtual archiving comprising applying archiving rules to a backup catalog, generating a virtual archive catalog based at least in part on a result of applying archiving rules to the backup catalog, determining a backup image associated with the virtual archive catalog becoming expired and converting the backup image into an archive image.