VOLUME AND PARTIAL VOLUME MERGE TO SYNCHRONIZE TO NON-HOMOGENEOUS DRIVE LAYOUTS

摘要

A method and system for merging files of multiple volumes in a data store to a single merged volume. The method includes creating one or more snapshots of one or more volumes of a data store of a first system. Files in the one or more snapshots are merged into a merged volume. The merged volume is mounted and stored in a second system.