System and method for performing an image level snapshot and for restoring partial volume data
OwnerAnand Prahlad, David Ngo +3inventors
InventorsAnand Prahlad, David Ngo, Prakash Varadharajan, Rahual Pawar, Avinash Kumar
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for performing an image level copy of an information store. The present invention comprises performing a snapshot of an information store that indexes the contents of the information store, retrieving data associated with the contents of the information store from a file allocation table, copying the contents of the information store to a storage device based on the snapshot, and associating the retrieved data with the copied contents to provide file system information for the copied contents.
Claims1
A method for performing an image level copy of an information store, the method comprising:
- performing a snapshot of an information store that indexes the contents of the information store;
- retrieving data associated with the contents of the information store from a file allocation table;
- copying the contents of the information store to a storage device based on the snapshot;
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- associating the retrieved data with the copied contents to provide file system information for the copied contents.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.