Transforming unrelated data volumes into related data volumes

Details Transforming unrelated data volumes into related data volumes Transforming unrelated data volumes into related data volumes

2003-07-01

2010-02-16

Vo, Tim T. (Department: 2168)

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

Database design

Data structure types

C707S793000, C711S162000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07664793

ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is an apparatus and method for transforming unrelated data volumes into related data volumes. The present invention is employed after creation of first and second unrelated data volumes. In one embodiment, the second data volume is refreshed to the data contents of the first data volume so that the second data becomes a PIT copy of the first data volume. Refreshing the second data volume includes overwriting all data of the second data volume with data copied from the first data volume. However, before all data of the second data volume is overwritten with data copied from the first data volume, data of the first data volume can be modified.

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