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Method and apparatus for dimensional data versioning and recovery management

  • US 20060161576A1
  • Filed: 01/18/2005
  • Published: 07/20/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method in a virtual machine in a data processing system for managing data, the method comprising:

  • responsive to a request for a data element from an application in the virtual machine, allocating the data element to the application, wherein the data element has a number of dimensions for storing application data for the application;

    creating a data structure to store versioning data for the data element, wherein the data structure includes an extra dimension to identify the versioning data;

    responsive to an event, storing the application data from the data element in the data structure; and

    responsive to a user request from a user interface to restore the data in the virtual machine to a prior state, restoring all application data to a requested point using the data structure.

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