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Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012

Filed:

Sep. 22, 2008
Applicants:

Dharmesh Shah, San Jose, CA (US);

Gopal Sharma, San Jose, CA (US);

Grizel Lopez, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Abhay Kumar Singh, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Taher Vohra, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Srikant Sharma, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Dharmesh Shah, San Jose, CA (US);

Gopal Sharma, San Jose, CA (US);

Grizel Lopez, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Abhay Kumar Singh, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Taher Vohra, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Srikant Sharma, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method and apparatus for synchronizing time within a data protection system is described. In one embodiment, the method includes processing input/output activity information associated with at least one client computer, wherein the input/output activity information comprises at least one local client timestamp, determining at least one server timestamp for the at least one local client timestamp and modifying the input/output activity information with the at least one server timestamp.


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