Patent ID: 6460055
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A system for creating back up files for data files stored on a computer network, comprisinga back up server having a target data file, a data server having a source data file associated with the target data file, and an agent operating on the data server for capturing and recording changes to the source data file as the source data file is being modified and for detecting and recording safe points capable of identifying one or more of the recorded changes as part of a related transaction, a dynamic replication process for transmitting a journal file from the data server to the back up server and capable of processing the journal file for altering the target data file to mirror changes made to the source data file, and a transaction processor for processing the safe points to direct the operation of the dynamic replication process to alter the target data file as a function of the identified transaction.