Abstract: According to one embodiment, in response to a request to revert a virtual machine (VM) to a previously backed up consistent state, whether there are one or more existing consistent states on the VM is determined. In response to determining that there are one or more existing consistent states on the VM, a consolidation or deletion of the one or more existing consistent states is initiated based on a selection to consolidate or to delete the one or more existing consistent states. Whether the consolidation or deletion of the one or more existing consistent states was successful is determined. A recovery operation to revert the VM to the previously backed up consistent state is initiated in response to determining that the consolidation or deletion of the one or more existing consistent states was successful.

Abstract: A production host for hosting virtual machines includes a persistent storage and a production agent. The persistent storage stores virtual machine data of the virtual machines. The production agent obtains a dynamic backup generation rule for the virtual machines; for a predetermined period of time after obtaining the dynamic backup generate rule: generates first backups of the virtual machines based on the dynamic backup generate rule; and identifies a change rate of the virtual machine data; after the predetermined period of time, obtain a prediction-based backup generation rule that is based on the change rate of the virtual machine data over the predetermined period of time; and generates second backups of the virtual machines based on the prediction-based backup generation rule.

Abstract: A production host for hosting virtual machines includes a persistent storage and a production agent. The persistent storage stores virtual machine data of the virtual machines. The production agent obtains a dynamic backup generation rule for the virtual machines; for a predetermined period of time after obtaining the dynamic backup generate rule: generates first backups of the virtual machines based on the dynamic backup generate rule; and identifies a change rate of the virtual machine data; after the predetermined period of time, obtain a prediction-based backup generation rule that is based on the change rate of the virtual machine data over the predetermined period of time; and generates second backups of the virtual machines based on the prediction-based backup generation rule.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, in response to a request to revert a virtual machine (VM) to a previously backed up consistent state, whether there are one or more existing consistent states on the VM is determined. In response to determining that there are one or more existing consistent states on the VM, a consolidation or deletion of the one or more existing consistent states is initiated based on a selection to consolidate or to delete the one or more existing consistent states. Whether the consolidation or deletion of the one or more existing consistent states was successful is determined. A recovery operation to revert the VM to the previously backed up consistent state is initiated in response to determining that the consolidation or deletion of the one or more existing consistent states was successful.

Abstract: A system and associated method for manipulating tissues and anatomical or other structures in medical applications for the purpose of treating diseases or disorders or other purposes. In one aspect, the system includes an expandable structure for enhancing engagement with median lobe prostate tissue.

Abstract: Systems and methods for remotely operating a data protection server are described. The data protection server is configured to perform predefined data protection operations for computing assets of an enterprise network. An email agent is installed on the data protection system to receive a specially-coded email message from an authorized user, where the specially-coded message includes an instruction for performing a predefined data protection operation. Upon receiving the email message and parsing it to extract the instruction, the data protection system initiates execution of the instruction.

Abstract: Parallel restoration of a virtual machine's virtual machine disks is described. A system identifies restoration parameters for restoring multiple virtual machine disks associated with a virtual machine. The system identifies multiple available threads in an image proxy appliance that are sufficient for parallel restoration of each of the multiple virtual machine disks. Each of the multiple available threads restores a corresponding virtual machine disk as a corresponding dummy virtual machine, based on the restoration parameters. The system attaches the multiple dummy virtual machines to the virtual machine as the multiple virtual machine disks.

Abstract: An optical disk physical has a recording region divided into zones, each zone including physical tracks adjacent to each other. An integer number of sectors are provided in each physical track. The angular recording density is higher in the more outward zones such that the linear recording density is substantially constant throughout the recording region, and logical tracks are formed of a predetermined number of sectors. independent of the physical tracks. The conversion between the logical track and sector addresses read from the disk and the linear logical addresses supplied from a host device is easy. The addresses written in headers of the sectors in the logical track in which data are actually recorded, including substitute sectors used in place of defect sectors, are preferably consecutive to further facilitate the conversion between the logical track and sector addresses read from the disk and the linear logical addresses supplied from the host device.