Patent ID: 8429312

Claim:
A method for archiving of predetermined data, comprising: sending, from a source system to a destination system, an announcement signal comprising information identifying the predetermined data to be archived; sending, from the destination system to the source system, a feedback signal comprising information identifying the announcement signal received by the destination system; determining from the feedback signal whether the announcement signal has been correctly received by the destination system; resending, from the source system to the destination system, at least parts of the announcement signal, if it has been determined that the announcement signal has not been correctly received, until the announcement signal has been correctly received by the destination system; sending, from the source system to the destination system, the predetermined data identified by the announcement signal together with the announcement signal; archiving all of the predetermined data together with the announcement signal on the destination system; sending, from the destination system to the source system, an acknowledgement signal comprising information identifying the predetermined data received by the destination system and indicating whether the predetermined data have been correctly archived,; and resending, from the source system to the destination system, at least parts of the predetermined data not correctly archived, until all of the predetermined data have been correctly archived on the destination system.