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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2012
Applicants:
Michael John Dutch, Saratoga, CA (US);
William Dale Andruss, Edina, MN (US);
Christopher Hercules Claudatos, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Michael John Dutch, Saratoga, CA (US);
William Dale Andruss, Edina, MN (US);
Christopher Hercules Claudatos, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30073 (2013.01); G06F 11/1451 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for backing up data. In some embodiments, this includes loading a file type database, wherein the file type database includes a location exclusion table and a file type table, analyzing the file type database, updating a file backup list based on the analysis, and storing the updated file backup list in a storage device. In some embodiments, a file may be scanned prior to loading the database.