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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2011
Shankar Balasubramanian, Bangalore, IN;
Vladimir Mandic, San Jose, CA (US);
Sriprasad Bhat Kasargod, Bellevue, WA (US);
Anand Raj, Bangalore, IN;
Shankar Balasubramanian, Bangalore, IN;
Vladimir Mandic, San Jose, CA (US);
Sriprasad Bhat Kasargod, Bellevue, WA (US);
Anand Raj, Bangalore, IN;
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for protecting data. In some embodiments, this includes taking a snapshot of a physical volume with a native snapshot program, determining which blocks have changed since a previous snapshot with a change block tracker, creating a child virtual container, populating the child virtual container with the changed blocks, and linking the child virtual container with a parent virtual container.