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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2011
Xianbo Zhang, Madison, WI (US);
Thomas Hartnett, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Weibao Wu, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
Xianbo Zhang, Madison, WI (US);
Thomas Hartnett, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Weibao Wu, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for caching fingerprints in a client cache is provided. A data object that comprises a set of data segments and describes a backup process is identified. Thereafter, a request referencing the data object is made to a deduplication server to request that a task identifier be added to the data object. If the deduplication server is able to successfully add the task identifier to the data object, then an active identifier is added to each data segment from the set of data segments in a cache that is within a client system.