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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2009
Applicants:
Hugo Patterson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Harald I. Skardal, Nashua, NH (US);
Stephen L. Manley, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Hugo Patterson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Harald I. Skardal, Nashua, NH (US);
Stephen L. Manley, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
NetApp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01); G06F 11/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1469 (2013.01); G06F 11/2064 (2013.01); G06F 11/1471 (2013.01); G06F 17/30 (2013.01); G06F 11/1458 (2013.01); G06F 2201/84 (2013.01); G06F 11/1456 (2013.01); G06F 11/1461 (2013.01); G06F 11/1464 (2013.01); Y10S 707/99953 (2013.01); Y10S 707/99955 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for backing up a computer system. A backup is provided of a data stored on a first computer by the first computer generating a dump stream. The dump stream is transmitted to a second computer, the second computer uses the dump stream to maintain a file system copy of the data. One or more snapshots of the file system of the second computer are stored on a backup computer, the snapshots providing a backup of the data stored on the first computer.