Patent ID: 11886714
Assignee: NETAPP, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:
utilizing a first schedule to execute a backup operation to generate a snapshot of the parent CG, a second schedule to execute a backup operation to generate a snapshot of the first child CG; and a third schedule to execute a backup operation to generate a snapshot of the second child CG; the first, second and third schedule being different from each other defined by the first policy, the second policy and the third policy; and
linking snapshots of the parent CG, the first child CG and the second child CG to the object model using an attribute, and based on the attribute, determining member volumes of the parent CG, the first child CG and the second child CG for executing a restore operation using a single API call.