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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2013
Applicant:
Emc Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Michael John Dutch, Saratoga, CA (US);
Christopher Hercules Claudatos, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06047 (2013.01); H04L 29/08072 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for passively migrating a consumer from a legacy backup management system to a modern backup management system is discussed. A new hardware device may virally deploy the backup software throughout the consumer system. If the consumer decides the new backup system is performing optimally, it may disable the legacy system.