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US 8,788,773 B2Granted
Snapshot content metadata for application consistent backups
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsDaniel I. Goodman, Yakov J. Broido
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Abstract
At least one of configuration information of a storage volume stored on a storage system and characteristics of a snapshot, including characteristics of one or more files stored in the snapshot, are identified. Snapshot content metadata, comprising the at least one of the identified characteristics and the configuration information, is created. The snapshot content metadata is associated with the snapshot.
Claims6
A method for processing a snapshot in a computing environment by a processor, comprising:
- identifying at least one of configuration information of a storage volume stored on a storage system and characteristics of the snapshot, including characteristics of one or more files stored in the snapshot;
- wherein the configuration information includes a file system of the storage volume when the snapshot was created, an operating system executing on the storage system, a software application that created one or more files, a hardware configuration of the storage system, and consistency group information for the storage volume and any related additional storage volumes;
- creating snapshot content metadata comprising the at least one of the identified characteristics and the configuration information;
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- associating the snapshot content metadata with the snapshot.
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