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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2009
Sasidharan Krishnan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Suhas Urkude, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sasidharan Krishnan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Suhas Urkude, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for creating consolidated backups of snapshot hierarchies may include identifying a hierarchy of snapshots. The computer-implemented method may also include copying data in a root snapshot of the hierarchy to a backup. The computer-implemented method may further include, for each child snapshot in the hierarchy, copying valid data in the child snapshot to the backup. The computer-implemented method may additionally include copying information that identifies a parent of the child snapshot to the backup. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.