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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2009
Applicant:
Dilip Naik, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventor:
Dilip Naik, Redmond, WA (US);
Assignee:
Dell Software Inc., Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 17/30067 (2013.01); G06F 17/30073 (2013.01); G06F 17/30088 (2013.01); G06F 17/30575 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45562 (2013.01);
Abstract
A facility is described for optimizing the copying of virtual machine storage files. In various embodiments, the facility refrains from copying portions of the virtual machine storage file that do not contain any meaningful data for the purposes of the guest file system within the virtual machine storage file. In some embodiments, the facility refrains from copying portions of the file that are in use by the guest file system, but are of no practical value.