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7469264 Extensible method for obtaining a record of data backup activity (and errors) and converting same into a canonical format  
An extensible method and system for obtaining an historical record of data backup activity (and errors) from a plurality of data backup software devices, and converting the same into a canonical...
7469244 Database staging area read-through or forced flush with dirty notification  
Embodiments of the present invention allow the results of a query to an operational datastore to be augmented with relevant data that may be stored in a staging area datastore. Upon receiving a...
7469263 Content management system for archiving data, managing histories, validity of content registration certification wherein the management device encrypts the content in response to a content storage, encrypts the encryption key with the media ID  
A content management system manages an original of electronic data content and is capable of handling increases in the volume of electronic data and maintains uniqueness of the original. Serial...
7467267 Method and system for backing up or restoring data in remote devices over a communications network  
Methods and media are provided for backing up data stored in one or more network-communications devices that are located in a geographic area distinct from where the backup data is to be stored....
7467259 System and method to protect data stored in a storage system  
Systems and methods are provided for generating a snapshot that records desired data, while allowing a client server to continue sending data to the storage system. In an example of an embodiment...
7467169 Circular and bi-directional mirroring of flexible volumes  
A method and system mirror flexible volumes in a circular or bi-directional configuration, without creating a deadlock. A source filer maintains a number of log files on a destination filer, where...
7467266 Snapshot management method apparatus and system  
Snapshot sets comprising snapshot criteria are created, maintained, and executed via a command set designed to facilitate managing and conducting snapshots on data distributed across multiple...
7467168 Method for mirroring data at storage locations  
Provided is a method for mirroring data. A mirror policy indicating volumes in a first storage system is processed to mirror to volumes in a second storage system and volumes in the second storage...
7467167 System and method for coalescing a plurality of snapshots  
A system and method for coalescing a plurality of snapshots into a single destination volume file system. Each snapshot and its replicated file system is replicated in a directory associated with...
7464125 Checking the validity of blocks and backup duplicates of blocks during block reads  
File system coherency of a file system, particularly for system blocks, may be maintained by (i) duplicating and verifying the (system) blocks, (ii) writing (system) blocks as a sequence of atomic...
7464224 Method for controlling storage policy according to volume activity  
A storage virtualization system is disclosed for performing data migration operations among the virtual LU (logical units) defined by the system. In one aspect of the present invention, the...
7464124 Method for autonomic data caching and copying on a storage area network aware file system using copy services  
Techniques are provided for processing a request. When the request is to read a data unit, information regarding the closest physical block locations is returned. When the request is to write to...
7464236 Storage system and storage management method  
The storage system of the present invention has a simple configuration and ensures redundancy of the system. The primary storage control device and the first secondary storage control device are...
7464114 Method and apparatus to capture and transmit dense diagnostic data of a file system  
A processor selects file system metadata. A processor identifies each unit of data in a file system. The processor determines if the unit of data contains file system metadata. The processor writes...
7464117 Using directory historical data to facilitate automated file updates  
The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for using directory historical data to facilitate automated file updates. A pair of directories is updated, for...
7464126 Method for creating an application-consistent remote copy of data using remote mirroring  
An application consistent data protection method provides application-assist and replication-technology neutral mirroring that ensures that a remote data copy is application-consistent. The method...
7464189 System and method for creation/deletion of linear block address table entries for direct I/O  
A method that enables application instances to pass block mode storage requests directly to a physical I/O adapter without run-time involvement from the local operating system or hypervisor is...
7464118 Algorithm for maximizing application availability during automated enterprise deployments  
A method of deploying enterprise applications or updates to data processing systems in a complex data processing environment. The enterprise applications or updates are phase deployed to the target...
7464123 Benchmark testing  
A method of benchmark testing, using test data, a component of a first computer system, using an additional computer system to restore said data.
7461100 Method for fast reverse restore  
Techniques are provided for performing a copy operation. A fast reverse restore command indicating a new source and a new target is received, wherein the new source is an original target and the...
7461101 Method for reducing data loss and unavailability by integrating multiple levels of a storage hierarchy  
A method for reducing data loss and unavailability by integrating multiple levels of a storage hierarchy is provided. The method includes receiving a read request. In addition, the method includes...
7461293 Apparatus and storage system for controlling acquisition of snapshot  
A DBMS performs a checkpoint process for maintaining consistency of data. A snapshot acquisition control program detects the checkpoint process externally to the DBMS and creates a snapshot in an...
7461099 Method and system for archiving and retrieving items based on episodic memory of groups of people  
A method and system for archiving and retrieving digital media items based on episodic memory of predefined associated groups of one or more people comprises: receiving an input identifying a group...
7461095 Image server store system and method using combined image views  
An image server store having a combined image including a first image of a first software combined with other images of other software such that any one or more of the images can be restored from...
7461103 System and method for reconciling transactions between a replication system and a recovered database  
The invention is a reconcile system for providing data replication between a source system and a target system. The reconcile system includes a reconcile process that determines a recovery position...
7461226 Multi-site remote-copy system  
Two storage areas are created in a first storage subsystem, a synchronous remote copy is performed from a first storage area included in the first storage subsystem to a storage area included in a...
7457830 Method and system of replicating data using a recovery data change log  
A method and system of replicating data using a recovery data change log. According to one embodiment a method is provided in which a copy of a data change log at a primary node is maintained at a...
7457833 Extensible method for obtaining an historical record of data backup activity (and errors) and converting same into a canonical format  
An extensible method and system for obtaining an historical record of data backup activity (and errors) from a plurality of data backup software devices, and converting the same into a canonical...
7457834 Aggregation and retrieval of network sensor data  
Methods, devices, and systems that aggregate and retrieve network sensor data. In one approach, an exemplary method includes receiving a plurality of instances of correlated sensor data from a...
7457835 Movement of data in a distributed database system to a storage location closest to a center of activity for the data  
A network provides distributed database services based on replicating data records to a new storage location that is closest to consumers of the data records, based on comparing a network distance...
7457934 Method and apparatus for reducing the amount of data in a storage system  
Groups of volumes having a certain amount of commonality of data are identified within a storage system. For each group, the process defines a base volume, such as the volume containing the most...
7454406 System and method of handling file metadata  
A network storage system comprises data storage, one or more file system APIs, and a metadata handler. The data storage can comprise file data and associated metadata. The file system APIs can be...
7454408 System and method for optimized distributed file transfer  
A system and method for optimized distribution of files from a file server to a high number of client machines. The client machines are interconnected as nodes in a binary tree structure with each...
7454402 Method for replication tracing  
In a network in which local copies of a shared document are maintained by multiple servers, performance data is gathered and stored during document synchronization via replication. The performance...
7454443 Method, system, and program for personal data management using content-based replication  
Data management systems and methods that can catalog, store, and protect data from hard disk failure on a mobile or stationary computer, using a computer program and a portable data storage device...
7454422 Optimization for transaction failover in a multi-node system environment where objects' mastership is based on access patterns  
Techniques are provided for responding to the termination of a node executing one or more transactions by selecting another node to complete the transactions, and assigning to the selected node the...
7454582 Initial copy system  
A storage apparatus installed in a first site generates a snapshot of a copy source logical device in an intermediate logical device. Next, an external storage apparatus including a logical device...
7454569 Hierarchical system and method for performing storage operations in a computer network  
A system for performing storage operations using hierarchically configured storage operation cells, the system comprising: a first storage manager component; and a first storage operation cell, the...
7454446 Techniques for storing data based upon storage policies  
Automated techniques for storing data in a data storage environment. Techniques are provided for determining storage locations for data in a heterogeneous storage environment based upon storage...
7451168 Incremental garbage collection of data in a secondary storage  
A method and apparatus for different embodiments of incremental garbage collection of data in a secondary storage. In one embodiment, a method comprises locating blocks of data in a log that are...
7447716 Data coding method and corresponding data processing unit having a coding/decoding circuit  
The method of coding data within a data processing unit includes a representation as twos-complement and a coded representation of the data. The coded representation is a semi-negated...
7447710 Database system providing self-tuned parallel database recovery  
A database system providing self-tuned parallel database recovery is described. In one embodiment, for example, in a database system, a method is described for performing recovery operations using...
7447702 System and method for the structurally decoupled exchange of object-oriented data structures  
A system and a method for a structurally decoupled exchange of objects deposited in variable object-oriented data structures is performed. In a first tool, at least one first object-oriented data...
7447713 System and method for archiving and outputting documents or graphical items  
Systems and methods for translating document files to a common input format can then parse the elements of such documents into an object oriented document model with linking tags associated with...
7447714 Management of multiple virtual data copies  
More than two copies of data in a storage management system may be managed by directing at least one virtual volume to a receiving management class within the storage management system. Each...
7447692 Logical view and access to data managed by a modular data and storage management system  
A data retrieval system comprising a first computing device communicatively coupled to a second computing device; the first computing device having a processor that supports operation of at least...
7447855 Data processing method providing remote copy in a system having first, second, and third storage systems  
A data processing system includes at least a first storage system, a second storage system and a third storage system. The third storage system maintains a replication of data stored in the first...
7447857 Multi-client cluster-based backup and restore  
Backup and restore technology comprising a backup engine, one or more client backup modules coupled to the backup engine via a backup protocol, and a backup database coupled to the backup engine,...
7447859 Method of performing active data copying processing, and storage subsystem and storage control apparatus for performing active data copying processing  
When an active data copy process relative to a logical storage device is performed without involving a computer, an access permission/rejection of the computer to the logical storage device is...
7444361 File folding technique  
A method for reducing duplicate data of an active file system, where the data is stored on a storage device of a storage system, is disclosed. A persistent image of the active file system is...