System and method for dynamically sharing media in a computer network
AssigneeCommvault Systems, Inc.
InventorsRajiv Kottomtharayil, Parag Gokhale, Anand Prahlad, Manoj Kumar Vijayan Retnamma, David Ngo, Varghese Devassy
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Abstract
A computerized method for sharing removable storage media in a network, the method comprising associating, in an index entry, a first piece of removable storage media in a first storage device with at least a first storage policy copy and a second storage policy copy; copying, to the first piece of removable storage media, data associated with the first storage policy copy; and copying, to the first piece of removable storage media, data associated with the second storage policy copy.
Claims29
A computerized method for sharing removable storage media in a network, the method comprising:
- associating, in an index entry, a first piece of removable storage media in a first storage device with at least a first storage policy copy and a second storage policy copy;
- copying, to the first piece of removable storage media, data associated with the first storage policy copy;
- and
- copying, to the first piece of removable storage media, data associated with the second storage policy copy.
A system for sharing removable storage media in a network, the system comprising:
- a first storage device containing a first piece of removable storage media;
- an index entry associating the first piece of removable storage media with at least a first storage policy copy and a second storage policy copy;
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- a processor, wherein the processor is programmed to:
- copy, to the first piece of removable storage media, data associated with the first storage policy copy;
- and
- copy, to the first piece of removable storage media, data associated with the second storage policy copy.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.