A DBMS performs a checkpoint process for maintaining consistency of data. A snapshot acquisition control program detects the checkpoint process externally to the DBMS and creates a snapshot in an external storage according to the timing of the checkpoint. Correspondence between checkpoints and snapshots...http://www.google.es/patents/US7331000?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatente US7331000 - Apparatus and storage system for controlling acquisition of snapshot
Apparatus and storage system for controlling acquisition of snapshot