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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7725672 | System and method for managing data associated with copying and recovery procedures in a data storage environment This invention is a system and method related to restoring data in a data storage environment and includes program logic. ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7720889 | System and method for nearly in-band search indexing A system and method for nearly in-band search indexing. A network switch (or other intermediate network device) is configured to provide port mirroring so that data access requests directed to a storage system are forwarded to both the storage system and to a search... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7721058 | Storage system and replication creation method thereof In a storage system having a plurality of control units each connected with a plurality of disk units, it is provided that a replication is created in the volume of the disk units connected to different control units. The replication creation unit of a given control... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7721056 | Storage system, disk array apparatus, volume presentation method, and data consistency confirmation method The present invention proposes a storage system having a plurality of disk array apparatuses managed separately by different managers, that can considerably improve the reliability of data backup. The invention provides a storage system, in which a first disk array ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7721057 | Method and system for transporting data content on a storage area network A system and method of transporting volumes of information from one host computer system to another using point-in-time copies of LUNs but wherein the hardware provider does not necessarily understand the volume configuration of the data. The system and method invol... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7720858 | Query conditions-based security A method, system and article of manufacture for managing access to queries and, more particularly, for managing access by multiple users to persistently stored queries. One embodiment provides a method of managing access by multiple users to a predefined query again... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7716434 | Method and apparatus for managing direct I/O to storage systems in virtualization A network storage virtualization method and apparatus in a network storage system having a plurality of network storage devices. According to the, present invention a client connected via a network is allowed to access the network storage devices as one virtual netw... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7716437 | Dynamic timer configuration for task monitoring in a remote mirror and copy environment A system is disclosed that includes a host system to issue a write command, a primary storage device to write data to a primary volume, and a secondary storage device to mirror the data to a secondary volume. A task timer may be initiated upon sending the data from ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7716185 | Creation of a single client snapshot using a client utility Systems and methods for backing up and/or restoring data. When a backup operation is initiated, systems and methods are provided for creating a single snapshot of the backup items, including backup groupings. The single snapshot is used by a backup/recovery applicat... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7716433 | Dynamically determining and managing a set of target volumes for snapshot operation Systems and methods for managing a backup process of a database are disclosed. Typically, one or more backup logical unit numbers (LUNs) are identified in a backup management file from one or more available LUNs identified in a universe file are allocated. The backu... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7716438 | Storage system and back-up method for storage system A storage system includes a primary volume and a first controller that stores data in a primary volume and stores content at a prescribed point in time in the form of differential data. The first controller generates generational management information corresponding... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7716435 | Protection of point-in-time application data using snapshot copies of a logical volume Providing protection of point-in-time application data includes obtaining a plurality of original snapshot copies of an original logical volume containing the application data, causing the original snapshot copies to be tested for data corruption, and restoring data... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7716436 | Dynamic timer configuration for monitoring a long busy state in a remote mirror and copy environment A system is disclosed that includes a host system to issue a write command, a primary storage controller to write data to a primary volume, and a secondary storage controller to mirror the data to a secondary volume. In the event the secondary storage controller is ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7711911 | Semiconductor storage device detecting change of memory content and information processing device including semiconductor storage device detecting change of memory content A single information processing device capable of configuring an information system that maintains matching between information retained by a self device and information retained by a partner device in a way that links up a plurality of information processing device... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7711912 | System and method for data backup and recovery Methods and systems are disclosed for creating and recovering backup copies of computer data in an enterprise. An example method is disclosed for recovering computer data from a plurality sequential access devices. The method includes identifying a plurality of obje... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7711913 | System and method for backing up extended copy commands Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for backing up data through recordation and issuance of extended copy and media commands. One embodiment of the present invention can include a method for backing up data comprising, receiving one or m... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7711710 | Electronic apparatus, content recording method, and program therefor An electronic apparatus communicable with another electronic apparatus via a network is disclosed. The electronic apparatus may include receiving means for receiving a content recorded on a first recording medium of the other electronic apparatus from the other elec... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7707373 | Storage system and backup method Differential management information that is information representing the difference between a logical volume and a sequential device group after a full backup is updated in response to an update of the logical volume. Partial data that are data representing the diff... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7707374 | Incremental data storage method, apparatus, interface, and system An interface for managing incremental data storage includes a write function that appends an entry to an incremental log, a read function that retrieves a most recent log entry corresponding to a block address, and a snapshot function that automatically partitions t... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7707376 | Verifying the validity of data saved at power down by comparing the time of save to time of power-off upon start up An information processing apparatus including: a nonvolatile memory; a volatile system memory in which predetermined data stored in the nonvolatile memory is developed; a control section to save the predetermined data stored in the system memory in the nonvolatile m... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7707375 | Storage system and controller for controlling remote copying The reconfiguration controller selects for each data whether or not to execute remote copying of data from the first storage device to the second storage device. Each data sent from the host to be stored in the first storage device contains a copy policy tag that de... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7707377 | Remote storage disk control device and method for controlling the same A storage device system includes an information processing device, a first storage device equipped with a first storage volume, and a second storage device equipped with a second storage volume. The information processing device and the first storage device are comm... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7707372 | Updating a change track map based on a mirror recovery map One method of updating a change track map involves resetting a mirror recovery map for a data volume. Just before the mirror recovery map is reset, a change track map for the data volume can be updated, using the mirror recovery map. The mirror recovery map can be r... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7702868 | Restoring data with reduced suspension-of-access periods Restoring data, without suspending access to the data for the entire time that the data is being restored. Access is suspended only while a portion of the data is restored, before access to all of the data is permitted. A driver virtualizes any remaining unrestored ... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7702869 | System and method for verifying the consistency of mirrored data sets A system and method for verifying the consistency of mirrored data sets is provided. A verification module executed on a destination storage system transmits a list of desired persistent consistency point images (PCPIs) to a source destination storage system. The so... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7702867 | System and method for data backup A method and system of data backup for a computer system is disclosed. Full and incremental backups of data stored to a first storage device coupled to the computer system are stored to a backup storage device coupled to the computer system. The backup storage devic... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7702864 | Apparatus, system, and method for writing stripes in parallel to unique persistent storage devices An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for copying data from a volatile memory device to a plurality of persistent storage devices in response to a loss of primary power. The apparatus includes a section module, a stripe module, and a write module. The secti... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7702866 | Use of volume containers in replication and provisioning management Provided are techniques for copying data. A volume container copyset that includes volume containers is received. A volume container copyset that includes volume containers is received. Each of the volume containers is associated with a copyset role, and each of the... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7702865 | Storage system and data migration method A storage system and a data migration method that enable most suitable data migration with the correlation between data managed by particular applications being taken into account. The above storage system and data migration method are configured to collect operatio... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7702666 | Full-text search device performing merge processing by using full-text index-for-registration/deletion storage part with performing registration/deletion processing by using other full-text index-for-registration/deletion storage part When a number of document data registered in one of full-text index-for-registration/deletion storage parts reaches a predetermined number, or when a capacity of the full-text index-for-registration/deletion storage part reaches a predetermined capacity, a merge pro... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7698519 | Backup of hierarchically structured storage pools Provided are a system, method, and computer readable storage medium wherein at least two primary storage pools are configured, wherein a first primary storage pool is configured to indicate a second primary storage pool as a next storage pool in a storage hierarchy ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7698520 | Method for processing backup, devices for backup processing, and storage mediums for storing a program for operating a backup processing device A method for processing backup in the invention calculates a necessary capacity of a second storage medium when backing up in a plurality of divided sessions backup target data stored on a first storage medium, decides the number of dividing into the sessions based ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7698521 | Data synchronization of multiple remote storage A processing system includes a local or local storage and a number of remote or remote storage systems that store data mirroring that maintained by the local storage system. Data that is written, changed, deleted or other wise modified by the local storage system is... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7694095 | Managing snapshots using messages A method and apparatus for managing snapshots of a file system using messages. A snapshot is a restorable version of a file system created at a predetermined point in time. A message is a persistent data structure supported by a file server. A message may include on... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7694092 | Storage subsystem and back-up/recovery method One or more random access-type storage devices comprise a volume group and a journal volume. The volume group contains a volume pair configured from a primary volume and a secondary volume. Whenever data is received from a host device, this received data is written ... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7694091 | Non-volatile storage for backing up volatile storage One embodiment of a non-volatile memory system comprises block-accessible non-volatile memory, random access memory arranged to be linearly addressable by a processor as part of the processor's memory address space, to be read from and written to by the processor, a... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7694093 | Memory module and method for mirroring data by rank A memory module including first and second ranks is provided. Each rank includes a separate plurality of individually accessible memory locations. Also included in the memory module is a control circuit coupled with the first rank and the second rank. The control ci... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7694090 | Storage system with journal reflecting area control function This invention relates to data backup and data recovery in a computer system. An outputting unit updates data stored in a first area based on an update request of data from the host computer, a creating unit stores update data for the update request in a second area... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7694094 | Transaction method for managing the storing of persistent data in a transaction stack A transaction method manages the storing of persistent data to be stored in at least one memory region of a non-volatile memory device before the execution of update operations that involve portions of the persistent data. Values of the persistent data are stored in... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7694087 | Duplicate data storing system, duplicate data storing method, and duplicate data storing program for storage device Provided is a data storing system which holds only updated data by a snapshot action of a disk array subsystem. When there is generated a writing request to snapshot duplicate volumes as the duplicate data storing areas, unused pages for the requested amount is sear... | 04/06/2010 |
