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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2008
Applicants:
Kuldeep S. Nagarkar, Pune, IN;
Timothy M. Naftel, Longmont, CO (US);
Inventors:
Kuldeep S. Nagarkar, Pune, IN;
Timothy M. Naftel, Longmont, CO (US);
Assignee:
Symantec Operating Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one embodiment, a backup application is disclosed which is configured to detect that one or more incremental virtual disk files are provided in a virtual machine image. The backup application may invoke a merge function in the virtual machine monitor, and may merge the incremental virtual disk files into the base virtual disk file. Redundant data is thus eliminated, and may reduce the amount of archive media needed to store the backed-up virtual machine image.