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DEDUPLICATION OF VIRTUAL MACHINE CONTENT

  • US 20160124676A1
  • Filed: 02/20/2015
  • Published: 05/05/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for operating a data management system, comprising:

  • acquiring a first snapshot of a first virtual machine, the first snapshot comprises a full image of the first virtual machine;

    generating a signature for the first virtual machine using the full image, the generating a signature includes generating a plurality of hash values corresponding with a plurality of data blocks within the full image, the plurality of data blocks is arranged such that data blocks of a first plurality of the plurality of data blocks are spaced at a fixed distance from each other and data blocks of a second plurality of the plurality of data blocks are spaced at monotonically increasing distances from each other;

    identifying a second virtual machine based on the signature, the second virtual machine is associated with a base image;

    generating a dependent base file associated with the first snapshot using the full image and the base image; and

    storing the dependent base file.

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