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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2010
Richard Armstrong, White BearLake, MN (US);
James Harris, Woodbury, MN (US);
Girish Jorapurkar, Woodbury, MN (US);
Abdul Rasheed, Blaine, MN (US);
Sean Tu, Eagan, MN (US);
Richard Armstrong, White BearLake, MN (US);
James Harris, Woodbury, MN (US);
Girish Jorapurkar, Woodbury, MN (US);
Abdul Rasheed, Blaine, MN (US);
Sean Tu, Eagan, MN (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A system, method, and medium for performing data duplication from a first storage device to a second storage device at a block level. A backup application processes metadata prior to replicating the data to determine the best method for performing the duplication operation. Several images may be selected for duplication, and instead of copying the images one at a time, the backup application copies data from the first storage device to the second storage device block-by-block. The catalog metadata may be updated so that the backup application may be made aware of the new copy of data. The replicated data may be accessed for future restore operations such that individual files may be retrieved from the replicated data by the backup application.