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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
May. 11, 2009
Applicant:
Dhairesh Oza, Bangalore, IN;
Inventor:
Dhairesh Oza, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
Novell, Inc, Provo, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Techniques for establishing a files system that exposes a virtual file system for backup operations are presented. Changes to files of a file system are maintained separately or collected and presented as a VFS. The VFS is then used to perform backup operations. Moreover, the files identified in the VFS can be customized based on search parameters, criterion, and/or criteria supplied by a user or supplied as parameters to backup and VFS mount operations.