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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2014
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Kevin Farlee, Maple Valley, WA (US);
Lin Chan, Redmond, WA (US);
Andrew Jason Cherry, Kirkland, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Archiving a database and point in time recovery of the database. A method includes taking a first snapshot of a database. The first snapshot of the database includes a first snapshot of the data in the data storage and a first snapshot of the log records in the log storage. The method further includes taking a second snapshot of the database. The second snapshot of the database includes a second snapshot of the data in data storage and a second snapshot of the log records. The method further includes restoring the database to a particular point by applying the first snapshot of the data in the data storage to the database, applying the first snapshot of the log records in the log storage to the database and applying a portion of the second snapshot of the log records in the log storage to the database.