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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2014
Applicant:
Emc Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Dheer Moghe, Bangalore, IN;
Abhinav Duggal, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1451 (2013.01); G06F 12/0253 (2013.01); G06F 17/30088 (2013.01); G06F 2201/84 (2013.01); G06F 2212/702 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an embodiment of the present invention, a method can include converting a data-full snapshot having a plurality of user data and corresponding metadata to a dataless snapshot. The dataless snapshot stores the metadata corresponding to the user data. Converting the data-full snapshot to the dataless snapshot includes removing the user data from the data-full snapshot. The metadata can be at least one of a checksum or hash of the corresponding user data.