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| Utility: ACCESS ARBITRATION TO A SHARED CACHE STORAGE AREA IN A DATA STORAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR LIVE BROWSE, FILE INDEXING, BACKUP AND/OR RESTORE OPERATIONS Filling date: 18 Sep 2025 Issue date: 4 Mar 2021 | 19 Aug 2020 | 4 Mar 2021 |
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| Utility: GRANULAR RESTORATION OF VIRTUAL MACHINE APPLICATION DATA Filling date: 18 Sep 2025 Issue date: 25 Feb 2021 | 26 Oct 2020 | 25 Feb 2021 |
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