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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2011
Assaf Natanzon, Tel Aviv, IL;
David C. Dysert, Holliston, MA (US);
Sujit S. Naik, Northborough, MA (US);
Assaf Natanzon, Tel Aviv, IL;
David C. Dysert, Holliston, MA (US);
Sujit S. Naik, Northborough, MA (US);
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
In a first embodiment, a method and computer program product for use in replication comprising pushing a point in time (PIT) to a de-duplication device, creating a virtual LUN based on the PIT pushed to the de-duplication device, and exposing, via a Data Protection Appliance (DPA), the virtual LUN. In a second embodiment, a method and computer program product for use in replication comprising choosing an object to be recovered at a point in time (PI), spawning a virtual machine, creating a virtual LUN based on the PIT, exposing the virtual LUN to the virtual machine, recovering the object from the PIT mounted to the virtual machine, and un-exposing the virtual LUN to the virtual machine.