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COMBINING VIRUS CHECKING AND REPLICATION FILTRATION

  • US 20070283438A1
  • Filed: 06/02/2006
  • Published: 12/06/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. At a production server in a computerized environment in which the production server is backed up by one or more backup servers, a method of managing virus and backup filtration processes through a common filter, comprising the acts of:

  • identifying one or more writes to files through a common filter;

    scanning the identified one or more file writes at the common filter in accordance with one or more virus definitions;

    comparing the identified one or more scanned file writes at the common filter with one or more replica policies; and

    sending a copy of at least one of the one or more scanned file writes to a log file, such that the at least one file write is replicated to a backup server.

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