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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8326896 | System and program for storing data for retrieval and transfer Provided is a method, system and program for storing data for later retrieval and for transfer within a storage hierarchy. A data storage subsystem stores both individual user files and also managed files, each managed file comprising an aggregation of multiple user... | 12/04/2012 |
| 8312063 | Method for storing data for retrieval and transfer Provided is a method, system and program for storing data for later retrieval and for transfer within a storage hierarchy. A data storage subsystem stores both individual user files and also managed files, each managed file comprising an aggregation of multiple user... | 11/13/2012 |
| 8285762 | Migration of metadata and storage management of data in a first storage environment to a second storage environment Provided are a computer program product, method, and system for migration of metadata and storage management of data in a first storage environment to a second storage environment. A migration request is processed to migrate metadata and storage management of data i... | 10/09/2012 |
| 8281087 | Method, system, and program implementing retention policies to archive records Provided are a method, system, and program for receiving a request to remove a record. A determination is made as to whether a state associated with the record includes at least one hold state and whether the state associated with the record includes at least a rete... | 10/02/2012 |
| 8214377 | Method, system, and program for managing groups of objects when there are different group types Provided are a method, system, and program for managing storage objects. Storage object information is provided for each storage object, wherein the storage object information indicates at least one of a plurality of groups associated with the storage object, and wh... | 07/03/2012 |
| 8185496 | Separating file data streams to enhance progressive incremental processing Systems, methods, and computer products for separating file data streams for improved progressive incremental processing are provided. The method comprises identifying data in a file, prior to transmission of the data in a data stream to a second system, such that t... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8131669 | Management of redundant objects in storage systems Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture wherein one client node is selected from a plurality of client nodes. A determination is made that an object corresponding to a client node has to be stored. A determination is made as to whether the object h... | 03/06/2012 |
| 7984022 | Space recovery with storage management coupled with a deduplicating storage system Provided are techniques for space recovery with storage management coupled with a deduplicating storage system. A notification is received that one or more data objects have been logically deleted by deleting metadata about the one or more data objects, wherein the ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7958152 | Elimination of redundant objects in storage systems Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture, wherein a data structure corresponding to a set of client nodes selected from a plurality of client nodes is generated. Objects from the selected set of client nodes are stored in the data structure. A deter... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7908246 | Separating file data streams to enhance progressive incremental processing Systems, methods, and computer products for separating file data streams for improved progressive incremental processing are provided. The method comprises identifying data in a file, prior to transmission of the data in a data stream to a second system, such that t... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7904425 | Generating backup sets to a specific point in time Generating backup sets for a specific point in time from backup data stored in a backup storage device is provided. A backup set, in accordance with an illustrative embodiment, is a collection of the files and data that would have been the most recently backed-up ve... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7895165 | Management of redundant object in storage systems Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture wherein one client node is selected from a plurality of client nodes. A determination is made that an object corresponding to a client node has to be stored. A determination is made as to whether the object h... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7853675 | Automatically enforcing change control in operations performed by operational management products Mechanisms for enforcing change control in operations performed by operational management products (OMPs) are provided. The mechanisms automate the checking of a request-for-change (RFC) state by an OMP when the OMP is installed in an environment where a change mana... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7844756 | Selection of data mover for data transfer Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture wherein a set of communication paths between a plurality of data movers and a plurality of storage devices is maintained. A request to transfer data from a source storage device to a target storage device is ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7774317 | Copy process substituting compressible bit pattern for any unqualified data objects A copy procedure detects qualified data objects in a body of source data, and copies the source data to a target storage unit except for unqualified data objects, which are replaced with a prescribed bit pattern. Following completion of the backup, a record is prepa... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7747577 | Management of redundant objects in storage systems Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture wherein one client node is selected from a plurality of client nodes. A determination is made that an object corresponding to a client node has to be stored. A determination is made as to whether the object h... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7716186 | Method and system for transparent backup to a hierarchical storage system A method and system are disclosed for transparent backup to a hierarchical storage system. A data management application requests a backup operation, communicating the request using the Network Data Management Protocol with a tape server and a data server. The tape ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7693878 | Hierarchical storage management using dynamic tables of contents and sets of tables of contents A system, apparatus, and process creates a table of contents (TOC), including one or more table of contents (TOC) entries, to manage data in a hierarchical storage management system. Each TOC entry contains metadata describing the contents and attributes of a data o... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7660959 | Managing encryption for volumes in storage pools Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for managing encryption for volumes in storage pools. At least one storage pool is defined in a database, wherein storage pools are defined to include a plurality of data volumes, wherein each volume is inclu... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7660834 | Maintaining an aggregate including active files in a storage pool Provided are a method, system, and program for maintaining an aggregate including active files in a storage pool. One active-only storage pool is included in a plurality of storage pools. Each storage pool includes files and the active-only storage pool is intended ... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7657577 | Maintaining active-only storage pools Provided are a method, system, and program for maintaining active-only storage pools. A first storage pool includes at least a first aggregate including a plurality of active and inactive files. A second aggregate is generated in a second storage pool. A determinati... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7634516 | Maintaining an aggregate including active files in a storage pool in a random access medium Provided are a method, system, and program for maintaining an aggregate including active files in a storage pool in a random access medium. An active-only storage pool is configured in a random access device. The active-only storage pool is intended to include only ... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7631076 | Apparatus, system, and method for adaptive polling of monitored systems An apparatus for adaptive polling of a monitored system includes a poll receiving module configured to receive a polling signal from a polling system, an event prediction module configured to predict when an operation-related event of a monitored operation will occu... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7613744 | Maintaining active-only copy storage pools Provided are a method, system, and program for maintaining active-only copy storage pools. A first storage pool includes at least a first aggregate including a plurality of files. A second aggregate is generated in a second storage pool. A determination is made as t... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7610291 | Logical grouping and management of redundant objects in storage systems Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture, wherein a determination is made that an object corresponding to a first client node has to be stored. A further determination is made as to whether the object has already been sent to a server node by a seco... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7606845 | Apparatus, systems, and method for concurrent storage to an active data file storage pool, copy pool, and next pool An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for concurrent storage to an active data file storage pool, copy pool, and next pool. A copy module copies one or more data files from a client to a storage pool that is configured to store active data files. In additio... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7574435 | Hierarchical storage management of metadata Provided are techniques for accessing information. A partial key index is created, wherein the partial key index includes one or more partial key index (PKI) entries, wherein each PKI entry identifies a portion of a metadata object, wherein the metadata object inclu... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7526621 | Method for implementing retention policies to archive records Provided are a method, system, and program for receiving a request to remove a record. A determination is made as to whether a state associated with the record includes at least one hold state and whether the state associated with the record includes at least a rete... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7512135 | Method for transferring data among a logical layer, physical layer, and storage device Provided is a method for transferring data among a logical layer, physical layer, and storage device. The logical layer allocates a buffer to use to write data to a storage device. The physical layer manages access to the storage device. The logical layer determines... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7487322 | Article of manufacture and system for storage pool space allocation across multiple locations An article of manufacture and system are provided for allocating storage space to a storage pool. A request for storage space for the storage pool is received. A list of locations associated with the storage pool is obtained, wherein the locations are capable of spa... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7433901 | Apparatus, system, and method for using multiple criteria to determine collocation granularity for a data source An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for collocating data. A mode module sets a collocation mode of a storage pool. The collocation mode specifies the granularity of the data to be collocated. In one embodiment, an assignment module assigns a source of dat... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7418464 | Method, system, and program for storing data for retrieval and transfer Provided is a method, system and program for storing data for later retrieval and for transfer within a storage hierarchy. A data storage subsystem stores both individual user files and also managed files, each managed file comprising an aggregation of multiple user... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7412433 | Hierarchical storage management using dynamic tables of contents and sets of tables of contents A system, apparatus, and process creates a table of contents (TOC), including one or more table of contents (TOC) entries, to manage data in a hierarchical storage management system. Each TOC entry contains metadata describing the contents and attributes of a data o... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7403949 | Elimination of redundant objects in storage systems Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture, wherein a data structure corresponding to a set of client nodes selected from a plurality of client nodes is generated. Objects from the selected set of client nodes are stored in the data structure. A deter... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7363454 | Storage pool space allocation across multiple locations Techniques are provided for allocating storage space to a storage pool. A request for storage space for the storage pool is received. A list of locations associated with the storage pool is obtained, wherein the locations are capable of spanning multiple file system... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7275075 | Copy process substituting compressible bit pattern for any unqualified data objects A copy procedure detects qualified data objects in a body of source data, and copies the source data to a target storage unit except for unqualified data objects, which are replaced with a prescribed bit pattern. Following completion of the backup, a record is prepa... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7117322 | Method, system, and program for retention management and protection of stored objects Provided are a method, system, and program for managing retention of stored objects. A modification request is received with respect to a stored object. A determination is made as to whether a retention protection mechanism is set and a storage policy associated wit... | 10/03/2006 |
| 6941328 | Copy process substituting compressible bit pattern for any unqualified data objects A copy procedure detects qualified data objects in a body of source data, and copies the source data to a target storage unit except for unqualified data objects, which are replaced with a prescribed bit pattern. Following completion of the backup, a record is prepa... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6886019 | Optimized selection and accessing of stored files to avoid mount and position thrashing A method for generating file copies with minimal mounting and positioning of storage volumes involves receiving a request to generate file copies specifying file selection criteria, identifying matching files meeting the selection criteria, locating the matching fil... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6857053 | Method, system, and program for backing up objects by creating groups of objects Provided are a system, method, and program for grouping backup objects stored in backup storage. A backup group is created and a plurality of backup objects are added as members of the backup group in separate backup transactions. The backup objects added to the bac... | 02/15/2005 |
