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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2008
Oliver Augenstein, Weil i Schoenbuch, DE;
Toby Lyn Marek, Santa Clara, CA (US);
James Patrick Smith, Redwood City, CA (US);
Thomas Prause, Rottenburg, DE;
Oliver Augenstein, Weil i Schoenbuch, DE;
Toby Lyn Marek, Santa Clara, CA (US);
James Patrick Smith, Redwood City, CA (US);
Thomas Prause, Rottenburg, DE;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A backup method that uses snapshot delta views to create backups of a data collection is provided. The method comprises taking a first snapshot of the data collection, in response to determining that a previous snapshot used to create a backup does not exist; creating a backup of the data collection using the first snapshot, in response to determining that the previous snapshot does not exist; recording that the first snapshot was used as a source for the creation of a backup; and taking a second snapshot of the data collection, in response to determining that the previous snapshot that was used as a source for a backup does exist.