Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory – Storage accessing and control – Shared memory area
Reexamination Certificate
2008-05-27
2008-05-27
Elmore, Stephen (Department: 2185)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory
Storage accessing and control
Shared memory area
C711S004000, C711S118000, C711S119000, C711S202000, C711S220000, C709S219000, C709S231000
Reexamination Certificate
active
11698301
ABSTRACT:
A computerized method for sharing removable storage media in a network, the method comprising associating, in an index entry, a first piece of removable storage media in a first storage device with at least a first storage policy copy and a second storage policy copy; copying, to the first piece of removable storage media, data associated with the first storage policy copy; and copying, to the first piece of removable storage media, data associated with the second storage policy copy.
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Devassy Varghese
Gokhale Parag
Kottomtharayil Rajiv
Ngo David
Prahlad Anand
CommVault Systems Inc.
Elmore Stephen
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
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