System and method for coalescing a plurality of snapshots

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7467167
APP PUB NO 20030182326A1
SERIAL NO

10101889

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A system and method for coalescing a plurality of snapshots into a single destination volume file system. Each snapshot and its replicated file system is replicated in a directory associated with the destination file system in which the coalesced snapshots are stored. The destination file system can be associated with a backup server and information from each of the plurality of snapshots can be transferred to the backup server by an respective backup clients over a network. Information can be passed to the backup server from the backup client(s) using a dump and restore process.

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  • NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC.

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Patterson, Hugo Mountain View, CA 7 598

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