Method, system, and program for restoring data to a file

Details Method, system, and program for restoring data to a file Method, system, and program for restoring data to a file

2004-03-30

2011-12-27

Mofiz, Apu (Department: 2161)

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

File or database maintenance

Database recovery

C707S653000, C709S225000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08086572

ABSTRACT:
Provided is a method, system and program for backing up the contents of a source storage device as an object in a data storage subsystem wherein the object contains image data representing the contents of the source storage device, and restoring the contents of the source storage device from the object to a file such as a flat file. The contents of the file may be copied to a target storage device to restore the contents of the source storage device from the file to the target storage device which may be the source storage device or another target storage device.

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