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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2007
Applicants:
Adonijah Park, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Raymond Wesley Gilson, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Adonijah Park, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Raymond Wesley Gilson, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention comprise a method and apparatus for performing data backup from multiple nodes of a computer network. In one or more embodiments, the method of performing a data backup from multiple nodes of a computer network comprising generating a control message within a control node and, in response to the control message, enabling two or more nodes of the multiple nodes to access a tape drive concurrently.