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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2010
Prashant Parikh, Holtsville, NY (US);
Don Kleinschnitz, Sandy, UT (US);
Prashant Parikh, Holtsville, NY (US);
Don Kleinschnitz, Sandy, UT (US);
CA, Inc., Islandia, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for capturing an image of a machine having one or more disks is presented. The method comprises creating a snapshot of the machine, the snapshot including full machine encapsulation, querying the one or more disks on the machine to obtain information stored thereon, creating metadata able to access one or more files, one or more folders, and the application on the machine, and capturing the snapshot, the obtained information and the metadata in the image. The method may also comprise migrating the captured image and/or extracting one or more files and/or folders from the captured image on another machine. The migration can be between physical and physical, physical and virtual, physical and cloud, etc. The method may comprise capturing another image comprising the snapshot, the metadata and changed information different from the obtained information.