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Backup and restore of data associated with a host in a dynamically changing virtual server farm without involvement of a server that uses an associated storage device

  • US 6,714,980 B1
  • Filed: 03/22/2002
  • Issued: 03/30/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of storing a backup copy of computer data, comprising the computer-implemented steps of:

  • receiving a request to back up data associated with a networked computer system that comprises a data storage device and one or more servers, wherein the networked computer system is dynamically configured with more or fewer data storage devices and servers from time to time;

    requesting each server in the computer system to quiesce;

    receiving information defining a then-current configuration of the dynamically changing computer system;

    determining a list of datasets of the data storage device for backup;

    initiating a backup of the one or more datasets of the data storage device without involvement of the servers in the computer system that use the data storage device and without regard to structure or content of data of the datasets.

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