Patent ID: 7028153
Filing Date: 2006-04-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. In a system comprising a first computer system and a second computer system, a method for backing up stored data on a first volume, wherein the second computer system is a parent computer system of the stored data on the first volume, the method comprising: transferring ownership of the stored data on the first volume to the first computer system, including mounting the first volume on the first computer system, whereby the first computer system becomes the parent computer system of the stored data on the first volume; receiving as input a name of the second computer system; copying at least a portion of the stored data from the first volume to a second volume; and storing catalog data in a catalog, wherein the catalog data describes attributes of the stored data on the second volume, and wherein the catalog data identifies the second computer system as the parent computer system of the stored data on the second volume.