| 6651073 |
Method and apparatus for insuring database data integrity without data recovery logging |
| Nov-18-2003 |
Database tables which are to be loaded with large data objects are defined with a special logging attribute that causes the associated database management system to suspend recovery logging for the databases... |
| 6643671 |
System and method for synchronizing a data copy using an accumulation remote copy trio consistency group |
| Nov-4-2003 |
A system and method for synchronizing a data copy include in one embodiment first and second remote copy trios, each with source, target, and secondary volumes. Source volumes store initial data files,... |
| 6643655 |
System and method for digital data communication |
| Nov-4-2003 |
A plurality of HTML files having their file names which may directly be recognized by a filtering part 415 in a data receiver are stored in a data storage part 411. File names of the HTML files are assigned... |
| 6643647 |
Word string collating apparatus, word string collating method and address recognition apparatus |
| Nov-4-2003 |
In a word string collating method for collating an input word string and address data in an address dictionary when a word string using part of a plurality of words of a word string such as address information... |
| 6640217 |
Method for extracting and storing records of data backup activity from a plurality of backup devices |
| Oct-28-2003 |
A method and system for requesting, cross-referencing, extracting and storing historical records of data backup activity by using a software component that interfaces to a plurality of data backup software... |
| 6636876 |
Database copy apparatus, database copy method and recording medium recorded with database copy program |
| Oct-21-2003 |
A database copy apparatus, a database copy method and a recording medium recorded with a database copy program, which increases the generality of database copying irrespective of the database structure,... |
| 6634010 |
ASIC design support system |
| Oct-14-2003 |
An improved ASIC design support system is described. In accordance with the ASIC design support system, it is possible to easily download the latest versions of a necessary library (or libraries) and a... |
| 6633997 |
System for automatically restoring trouble, method and storage medium |
| Oct-14-2003 |
There is disclosed a system in which trouble restoration can quickly be performed without any system engineer familiar with a computer system on standby. An error code is associated beforehand with an... |
| 6631385 |
Efficient recovery method for high-dimensional index structure employing reinsert operation |
| Oct-7-2003 |
A recovery method for a high-dimensional index structure is disclosed, in which a reinsert operation is employed based on ARIES (algorithm for recovery and isolation exploiting semantics) and a page-oriented... |
| 6630946 |
Methods for automatically locating data-containing windows in frozen applications program and saving contents |
| Oct-7-2003 |
A machine-automated system tries to save vital-data of a crashed or otherwise frozen application program by: (a) attempting to revive a program that has apparently become frozen; (b) identifying the apparently-frozen... |
| 6629110 |
Administration of a differential backup system in a client-server environment |
| Sep-30-2003 |
A method for the administration of a differential file backup system in a client-server system is disclosed in which the various component files that comprise a backup file are read from a first memory... |
| 6629108 |
Method for insuring data integrity for mirrored independently accessible memory devices |
| Sep-30-2003 |
The present invention relates to a system and method for preserving and identifying recency information for data stored in multiple mirrored memory locations in a redundant data storage mechanism. The... |
| 6625625 |
System and method for backup and restoring by utilizing common and unique portions of data |
| Sep-23-2003 |
In an information processing system environment including a plurality of client machines and at least a server, backup data is sorted out into a data portion common to respective client machines and a... |
| 6625623 |
Systems and methods for backing up data files |
| Sep-23-2003 |
The invention provides systems and methods for continuous back up of data stored on a computer network. To this end the systems of the invention include a synchronization process that replicates selected... |
| 6625602 |
Method and system for hierarchical transactions and compensation |
| Sep-23-2003 |
A method for executing a schedule in a workflow application is provided. The method comprises a hierarchical transaction commit rule allowing access to the data associated with an action in the schedule... |
| 6622151 |
Data-transfer-management system and transfer history-collection device |
| Sep-16-2003 |
A device for collecting history of data transfer includes a transfer-history-extraction unit which extracts transfer-history information from data subjected to data transfer, and a service-management unit... |
| 6618822 |
Method and mechanism for relational access of recovery logs in a database system |
| Sep-9-2003 |
The present invention is directed to a method and mechanism for accessing recovery log information in a database system. The data stored in the recovery log is presented as a relational database "view,"... |
| 6618794 |
System for generating a point-in-time copy of data in a data storage system |
| Sep-9-2003 |
A system for generating a virtual point-in-time copy of a selected subset (e.g., a selected volume or logical unit) of a storage system. The present system operates by using a bitmap in storage system... |
| 6618736 |
Template-based creation and archival of file systems |
| Sep-9-2003 |
File systems are created and archived by providing a set of shared storage units and one or more templates, each template including a set of private storage units and a corresponding usage map. |
| 6615225 |
System and method for relating files in a distributed data storage environment |
| Sep-2-2003 |
A system and method for relating files in a distributed data storage environment allows for positive identification of membership of a file within a group, even in a loosely coupled environment where files... |
| 6615224 |
High-performance UNIX file undelete |
| Sep-2-2003 |
A method for deleting files on a UNIX file system, so that they may subsequently be undeleted, without any possibility of loss or damage. A file deleted with the "rm" command, or targeted by the "cp" or... |
| 6611858 |
Garbage collection method for time-constrained distributed applications |
| Aug-26-2003 |
A method for executing distributed processes on garbage collecting virtual machines. More particularly, garbage collection is delivered as a function of certain timing variables such as the time until... |
| 6611851 |
Storage sub-system having expanded data read |
| Aug-26-2003 |
A storage sub-system employs a staging control information table by which staging of data to be read and redundant data thereof can be executed together to reduce response time in the event of a data read... |
| 6611850 |
Method and control apparatus for file backup and restoration |
| Aug-26-2003 |
The backup/restore method as described in this invention has a "backup copy generating process" to generate backup copy(ies) and a "restore process" to restore the original file(s) from the backup copy(ies)... |
| 6611849 |
System for synchronizing databases on multiple devices utilizing a home base |
| Aug-26-2003 |
A system of synchronizing multiple devices utilizing a host system. In one embodiment, the present invention first synchronizes a first device with the host system. Next, the present invention synchronizes... |
| 6609183 |
Method and system for mirroring and archiving mass storage |
| Aug-19-2003 |
A method and system for mirroring and archiving mass storage. A primary mass storage and a secondary mass storage are synchronized to contain the same data. Thereafter, a primary system tracks changes... |
| 6609136 |
Recovering data from a failed cache using a surviving cache |
| Aug-19-2003 |
A method and apparatus are provided for transferring a resource from the cache of one database server to the cache of another database server without first writing the resource to disk. When a database... |
| 6598060 |
Method and system for creating and maintaining version-specific properties in a distributed environment |
| Jul-22-2003 |
A method and system creates and maintains a version-specific property or property that is stored as part of an object in a distributed environment, contains specific version information relating to how... |
| 6598058 |
Method and apparatus for cross-node sharing of cached dynamic SQL in a multiple relational database management system environment |
| Jul-22-2003 |
The invention provides a data processing system, a method, computer program product and software for operating it where the data processing system includes a number of interconnected nodes. At least one... |
| 6594780 |
Operating system and data protection |
| Jul-15-2003 |
An operating system and protection system. The invention protects a latest base system setting of the operating system of a computing system in which the invention is performed. The invention employs a... |
| 6594744 |
Managing a snapshot volume or one or more checkpoint volumes with multiple point-in-time images in a single repository |
| Jul-15-2003 |
In a storage system, such as a storage area network, a snapshot volume or one or more checkpoint volumes are formed from the same base volume using a single repository containing multiple images of data... |
| 6594676 |
System and method for recovery of multiple shared database data sets using multiple change accumulation data sets as inputs |
| Jul-15-2003 |
A recovery utility apparatus for expediting recovery time during failure of one or more database data sets is provided. A backup copy restore utility is configured to read and restore a backup copy of... |
| 6591264 |
Method that allows I/O requests to run concurrently with a rollback from a snapshot in a drive array |
| Jul-8-2003 |
A method for allowing I/O requests to run concurrently during a rollback process, comprising the steps of (A) reading from and writing to an original volume and (B) running said I/O requests concurrently... |
| 6591258 |
Method of incorporating knowledge into a knowledge base system |
| Jul-8-2003 |
A method of managing knowledge in a knowledge base involves representing instantiations of knowledge in knowledge objects, each of which has elements of information, managing knowledge objects to minimize... |
| 6587860 |
Apparatus and method for tracking access to data resources in a cluster environment |
| Jul-1-2003 |
Within a computer cluster usage reference counts are maintained for replicated databases within a computer cluster using cluster membership and cluster voting services. Such a method includes the maintaining... |
| 6584477 |
High speed system and method for replicating a large database at a remote location |
| Jun-24-2003 |
A primary computer system has a database, application programs that modify the local database, and a transaction manager that stores audit records in a local image trail reflecting those application program... |
| 6578159 |
Transaction processing method and apparatus |
| Jun-10-2003 |
In a transaction processing method for executing a series of a plurality of transactions in accordance with a workflow, compensation processing is registered as an error recovery flow when each transaction... |
| 6578041 |
High speed on-line backup when using logical log operations |
| Jun-10-2003 |
A database computer system and a high speed method for backup is provided for use when general logical operations are logged. Data is copied from the active stable database to a backup database while update... |
| 6578039 |
Database management methods and equipment, and database management program storage media |
| Jun-10-2003 |
Multiple key ranges are correlated with multiple data storage areas provided in memory. In storing data in a database, the data is stored in the data storage area correlated with the key range containing... |
| 6574750 |
Preserving consistency of passively-replicated non-deterministic objects |
| Jun-3-2003 |
Techniques are provided for executing an operation in which a client invokes a replicated object. According to one technique, a primary replica of a replicated object receives a first request from a client,... |
| 6574640 |
System and method for archiving and supplying documents using a central archive system |
| Jun-3-2003 |
The present invention relates to flexible facilities for supplying documents where the index to the documents is stored in a central archive but the documents themselves are stored in an external archiving... |
| 6574627 |
Method and apparatus for the verification of server access logs and statistics |
| Jun-3-2003 |
A method and apparatus for verifying the correctness of server access logs. The server is required to transfer the relevant log information for each client request to, an authentication device. In a preferred... |
| 6571270 |
Timeout detection facility |
| May-27-2003 |
In an IMS/ESA environment, an ITASK is provided so as periodically to check IMS application programs to determine whether any is hung, thus providing notification for hung transactions that sometimes occur... |
| 6571259 |
Preallocation of file system cache blocks in a data storage system |
| May-27-2003 |
A file server provides transaction processing capabilities previously supplied by the operating system of a host computer. On-disk file system metadata is changed only at commit time, and a transaction... |
| 6571258 |
Computer data storage system with parallelization migration plan generator |
| May-27-2003 |
A data storage system is provided in which a migration plan generates migration plans for reaching a goal configuration from an initial configuration in a predetermined period of time. The migration plan... |
| 6571257 |
Efficient, real-time management of storage resources |
| May-27-2003 |
Apparatus and method for Storage Resource Management (SRM)--i.e., the management of computer storage devices as resources. Methods for Storage Resource Management are described that can be easily and efficiently... |
| 6567928 |
Method and apparatus for efficiently recovering from a failure in a database that includes unlogged objects |
| May-20-2003 |
Database tables which are to be loaded with large data objects (LOBs) are defined with a special logging attribute value. This attribute value causes the database management system to suspend recovery... |
| 6567826 |
Method and system for repairing corrupt files and recovering data |
| May-20-2003 |
A method and system for loading files into a spreadsheet application program (SAP) operating on a computer system, using an escalating load sequence. The SAP determines if a normal load mode failed while... |
| 6564215 |
Update support in database content management |
| May-13-2003 |
A computer system updates a data object that is maintained in data storage external to a database management system (DBMS), after receiving an update request from a DBMS client for the data object, by... |
| 6560719 |
Method for recovery of original registry key file data |
| May-6-2003 |
In a system where a remote backup platform is enabled to automatically duplicate each registry key change in a local platform, a method is provided wherein restoration of original remote registry key data... |
