Backup system and method
AssigneeSymantec Operating Corporation
InventorGuido Westenberg
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Abstract
Backup of a production instance of an application in a production machine environment is performed by creating a snapshot image that captures the state of the production machine, and then backing up the application from a backup machine created using the snapshot image. The backup of the application can be effected by shutting down the backup machine and backing up its storage, or by using backup software to act on the backup version of the application.
Claims24
A computer system operable to:
- provide a first machine instance in which an application is run;
- take a snapshot image of the first machine instance;
- initiate a second machine instance from the snapshot;
- and
- backup the application from the second machine instance.
A method of performing a backup of an application operating in a first machine instance, the method comprising:
- taking a snapshot image of the first machine instance;
- initiating a second machine instance from the snapshot;
- and
- backing up the application from the second machine instance.
A tangible storage medium storing program instructions executable on a computer system comprising at least one processor and storage for performing a backup of an application operating in a first machine instance, the program instructions being executable to:
- take a snapshot image of the first machine instance;
- initiate a second machine instance from the snapshot;
- and
- backup the application from the second machine instance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.