Patent ID: 6321295
Filing Date: 2001-11-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for selectively transferring application data between storage devices of a computer system, the method comprising the steps of:dumping at least a portion of the application data and non-application data from a first data storage device to a second data storage device;examining data in the second data storage device to identify the application data;deriving a secondary address for the application data;transferring only application data indicated by the secondary address from the second data storage device to a third data storage device;parsing only the application data indicated by the secondary address;transferring parsed application data from the third data storage device to the second data storage device;transferring the parsed application data and the non-application data from the second data storage device to the first data storage device; anddumping unexamined data from the first data storage device to the second data storage device.