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ARCHIVING USING DATA OBTAINED DURING BACKUP OF PRIMARY STORAGE

  • US 20140181443A1
  • Filed: 06/21/2013
  • Published: 06/26/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2012
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method comprising:

  • reviewing metadata obtained during a backup of a plurality of files stored in one or more information stores of primary storage, wherein the metadata obtained during backup includes at least file size data and modification date data of each file of the plurality of files, wherein the backup comprises;

    identifying a first set of one or more files from the plurality of files that have been modified since a previous backup date, wherein the previous backup date indicates a date when modifications to files in the one or more information stores were most recently copied to a secondary storage, andstoring identified modifications to the first set of one or more files in the secondary storage;

    identifying a second set of one or more files that were last modified prior to a system archival date using the metadata obtained during backup;

    verifying that copies of the second set of one or more files are located in the secondary storage;

    removing the second set of one or more files from the one or more information stores; and

    storing one or more identifiers in the one or more information stores indicating the location of the copies of the second set of one or more files in the secondary storage.

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