| US 7,533,229 B1 | ||
| Disaster recovery and backup using virtual machines | ||
| Hans F. van Rietschote, Sunnyvale, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Symantec Operating Corporation, Mountain View, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 12, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/451,001. | ||
| Application 11/451001 is a continuation of application No. 10/109186, filed on Mar. 28, 2002, granted, now 7,093,086, filed on Aug. 15, 2006. | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 12/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 711—161 | 18 Claims |
| 16. A method comprising:
creating an image of a virtual machine, wherein the virtual machine comprises at least one application, an operating system
on which the application is designed to execute, memory data to which the application and operating system have access, and
one or more virtual disks including one or more files accessed by the application or operating system, and wherein the image
comprises at least the one or more files on the one or more virtual disks and the memory data; and
transmitting the image to a storage device separate from another storage device to which the virtual machine is suspendible.
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