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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2014
Netapp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Frederick E. Knight, Cary, NC (US);
John Meneghini, Waltham, MA (US);
Aurn Kumar Rajendran, Bangalore, IN;
Santosh A. Rao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
NetApp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for performing simplified copy offload operations are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a method includes creating a persistent point-in-time image of a data set of a source storage device in response to receiving a token request for a copy offload operation from a host. Creating the persistent point-in-time image includes generating pointers to data blocks of the data set, but does not include duplicating the data blocks. The method also includes transmitting a token that is a representation of the persistent point-in-time image to the host in response to the request.