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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2013
Applicant:
Vmware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30091 (2013.01); G06F 17/30174 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for a mass centralization approach to full image cloning of multiple computing devices is provided. The system includes a plurality of computing devices and a server. The server includes a processor programmed to receive, from the plurality of computing devices, metadata for files stored on the plurality of computing devices, determine, from the received metadata, an importance level for each of the files, instruct the plurality of computing devices to send a copy of the files to the server in a defined order, the defined order based on the importance level for each of the files, and store the copy of the files on the server.