Patents by Inventor Kala Dutta

Kala Dutta has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7941404
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a federated backup involving the coordination and synchronization of backup and restore operations among a plurality of hosts to ensure data consistency. A master node (backup host) acts as the initiator, coordinator, controller, and possibly as primary console for the entire backup and restore operation. All other worker application hosts and/or worker backup hosts operate as worker nodes and perform various backup and restore steps as directed by the master node. Centralized error handling aborts or recovers the entire backup operation in the event of failure on any one node. In addition, a logical view of the data is provided such that the backup can be managed as one entity, while backing up the data of each node. The backup workload may also be distributed to any other dedicated worker backup hosts (nodes) in order to minimize the impact to the production environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Neeta Garimella, James P. Smith, Chris Zaremba, Avishai Hochberg, Neil G. Rasmussen, Kala Dutta, Choonsu P. Park
  • Patent number: 7937366
    Abstract: Provided are a system, an article of manufacture, and a computer program product, wherein a first set of backup data is stored in a first computational device and a second set of backup data is stored in a second computational device. Metadata corresponding to the first set of backup data is maintained in the second computational device. The first set of backup data is reconciled with the second set of backup data based on the metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Oliver Augenstein, Kala Dutta, Neeta Garimella, Avishai Haim Hochberg, Choonsu Peter Park, Neil Gregory Rasmussen, James Patrick Smith, Christopher Zaremba
  • Patent number: 7716433
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing a backup process of a database are disclosed. Typically, one or more backup logical unit numbers (LUNs) are identified in a backup management file from one or more available LUNs identified in a universe file are allocated. The backup management file comprises a plurality of data containers, each data container specifying a subset of the one or more backup LUNs capable of backing up a database comprising one or more used database LUNs. One of the plurality of the data containers are allocated for a current backup of the database as indicated in the backup management file. The backup management file is checked and updated as necessary so that the one or more backup LUNs remain available as indicated in the universe file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kala Dutta, Neeta Garimella, James P. Smith, Choonsu P. Park
  • Publication number: 20080281881
    Abstract: Provided are a system, an article of manufacture, and a computer program product, wherein a first set of backup data is stored in a first computational device and a second set of backup data is stored in a second computational device. Metadata corresponding to the first set of backup data is maintained in the second computational device. The first set of backup data is reconciled with the second set of backup data based on the metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Oliver Augenstein, Kala Dutta, Neeta Garimella, Avishai Haim Hochberg, Choonsu Peter Park, Neil Gregory Rasmussen, James Patrick Smith, Christopher Zaremba
  • Patent number: 7440984
    Abstract: A first set of backup data is stored in a first computational device and a second set of backup data is stored in a second computational device. Metadata corresponding to the first set of backup data is maintained in the second computational device. The first set of backup data is reconciled with the second set of backup data based on the metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Oliver Augenstein, Kala Dutta, Neeta Garimella, Avishai Haim Hochberg, Choonsu Peter Park, Neil Gregory Rasmussen, James Patrick Smith, Christopher Zaremba
  • Publication number: 20070214196
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a federated backup involving the coordination and synchronization of backup and restore operations among a plurality of hosts to ensure data consistency. A master node (backup host) acts as the initiator, coordinator, controller, and possibly as primary console for the entire backup and restore operation. All other worker application hosts and/or worker backup hosts operate as worker nodes and perform various backup and restore steps as directed by the master node. Centralized error handling aborts or recovers the entire backup operation in the event of failure on any one node. In addition, a logical view of the data is provided such that the backup can be managed as one entity, while backing up the data of each node. The backup workload may also be distributed to any other dedicated worker backup hosts (nodes) in order to minimize the impact to the production environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2006
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Applicant: International Business Machines
    Inventors: Neeta Garimella, James Smith, Christopher Zaremba, Avishai Hochberg, Neil Rasmussen, Kala Dutta, Choonsu Park
  • Publication number: 20070192552
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing a backup process of a database are disclosed. Typically, one or more backup logical unit numbers (LUNs) are identified in a backup management file from one or more available LUNs identified in a universe file are allocated. The backup management file comprises a plurality of data containers, each data container specifying a subset of the one or more backup LUNs capable of backing up a database comprising one or more used database LUNs. One of the plurality of the data containers are allocated for a current backup of the database as indicated in the backup management file. The backup management file is checked and updated as necessary so that the one or more backup LUNs remain available as indicated in the universe file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kala Dutta, Neeta Garimella, James Smith, Choonsu Park
  • Publication number: 20060294161
    Abstract: Provided are a method, a system, an article of manufacture, and a computer program product, wherein a first set of backup data is stored in a first computational device and a second set of backup data is stored in a second computational device. Metadata corresponding to the first set of backup data is maintained in the second computational device. The first set of backup data is reconciled with the second set of backup data based on the metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2005
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Inventors: Oliver Augenstein, Kala Dutta, Neeta Garimella, Avishai Hochberg, Choonsu Park, Neil Rasmussen, James Smith, Christopher Zaremba