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Administering a shared, on-line pool of data storage resources for performing data storage operations

  • US 10,152,231 B2
  • Filed: 09/30/2016
  • Issued: 12/11/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of creating secondary copies of data associated with user computing devices in a shared storage pool, comprising:

  • using one or more computing devices comprising computer hardware;

    receiving instructions to create a secondary copy of first data stored in primary storage associated with a first computing device in a networked pool of computing devices;

    accessing a data structure associated with the first computing device that identifies a first subset of computing devices in the networked pool that are designated for sharing storage resources with the first computing device; and

    instructing, by a storage manager residing on first computer hardware, the first computing device to transmit the first data to a first media agent residing on second computer hardware and associated with at least one computing device in the networked pool, wherein the first media agent creates the secondary copy of the first data in storage resources associated with a second computing device in the first subset of computing devices in the networked pool,wherein storage resources associated with the first computing device are designated for sharing with a third computing device in the networked pool such that the storage resources associated with the first computing device can be configured to be used by a second media agent residing on third computer hardware and associated with at least one computing device in the networked pool to create a secondary copy of second data stored in the primary storage that is associated with the third computing device.

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