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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2014
Netapp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Saji Kumar Vijayakumari Rajendran Nair, Cupertino, CA (US);
Mudit Aggarwal, Santa Clara, CA (US);
NETAPP, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for executing a copy-offload operation are provided. The method includes determining if content of a source data container can be changed, after the source data container is opened for a copy-offload operation to copy the source data container from a source location to a destination location. The method further includes using a direct copy mode for generating a token for the copy-offload operation, without taking a point in time image of the source data container, when the content cannot be changed based on a mode in which the source data container is opened; and selecting a point in time copy mode by taking the point in time image of the source data container for generating the token, when the content can be changed.