Creation and implementation of designated time points in a version expiration environment
AssigneeEMC IP Holding Company LLC
InventorsRay David Whitmer, Ajit Kumar Verma
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Abstract
In one example, a method includes defining one or more curtains, each of which corresponds to a respective one or more designated points in time, using a calendar that is common to all of the curtains, defining one or more backup policies, defining, for each of the one or more backup policies, a respective set of one or more rules, associating each of the one or more backup policies with a respective curtain, and applying, to a backup version whose currency span includes one of the curtains, one of the backup policies that is associated with that curtain.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- defining one or more curtains, each of which corresponds to a respective one or more designated points in time, using a calendar that is common to all of the curtains;
- defining one or more backup policies;
- defining, for each of the one or more backup policies, a respective set of one or more rules;
- associating each of the one or more backup policies with a respective curtain;
- and
- applying, to a backup version whose currency span includes one of the curtains, one of the backup policies that is associated with that curtain.
A non-transitory storage medium having stored therein computer-executable instructions which, when executed by one or more hardware processors, implement and/or cause the performance of operations comprising:
- defining one or more curtains, each of which corresponds to a respective one or more designated points in time, using a calendar that is common to all of the curtains;
- defining one or more backup policies;
- defining, for each of the one or more backup policies, a respective set of one or more rules;
- associating each of the one or more backup policies with a respective curtain;
- and
- applying, to a backup version whose currency span includes one of the curtains, one of the backup policies that is associated with that curtain.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.