REMOTE BACKUP STORAGE
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1. A system, comprising.emulation logic implemented in a computer-readable medium and configured to cause a backup utility to identify a remote device as local to a client device;
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with a backup utility are described. One example system causes a backup utility to identify a remote device as local to a client device. Backup data may then be retained on the remote device identified by the backup utility as being local.
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1. A system, comprising.
emulation logic implemented in a computer-readable medium and configured to cause a backup utility to identify a remote device as local to a client device; - and
storage logic implemented in a computer-readable medium and configured to, in response to an instruction from the backup utility to retain backup data, cause the backup data to be retained on the remote device identified by the backup utility as being local. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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disguising a remote device as a local device to a client device; identifying data designated for storage by a backup utility, where the backup utility designates the data for storage on the remote device disguised to the backup utility as being local to the client device; transforming the data designated for storage by the backup utility from a format of the client device to a format of the remote device; and transmitting the transformed data to the remote device to cause the remote device to retain the transformed data. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method, the method comprising:
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representing to a backup utility of a client device running a client operating system that a remote server device running a server operating system is local to the client device; recognizing an error associated with the remote server device; identifying an error message that corresponds to the recognized error, where the error message is in a format consistent with the remote server device; converting the error message to a format consistent with the client device where the error message appears as a local error message, and notifying the backup utility of the error associated with the remote server device via the converted error message, where the converted error message is consistent with the representation to the backup utility that the remote server device is local to the client device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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