Patent ID: 11954067
Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 10:
11. The system of claim 9 wherein the snapshot is a first snapshot, is of a first directory of the file system, the retention lock is a first retention lock, and the processor further carries out the steps of:
taking a second snapshot of a second directory of the filesystem, the second directory being a parent directory of the first directory;
applying a second retention lock to the second snapshot;
taking a third snapshot of a third directory of the file system, the third directory being a child directory of the first directory; and
inheriting, by the third snapshot, a retention lock applied to one of the first or second snapshots, the inherited retention lock having a retention duration greater than a retention duration of another of the first or second snapshots.