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Data transfer in a data protection system

  • US 10,404,705 B1
  • Filed: 05/01/2017
  • Issued: 09/03/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for transferring or accessing data in a computing system using an infrastructure of a data protection application, the method comprising:

  • operating the data protection application in the computing system, the data protection system configured to perform data protection operations including a backup operation;

    receiving, by a data protection service of the data protection application, a request to transfer or access data;

    presenting a user interface, by the data protection service, in a display of a first host, the user interface including a workflow for transferring the data using the infrastructure of the data protection system, wherein the user interface includes a pluggable framework that allows the workflow in the user interface to be adapted to the data associated with the request, wherein the user interface is provided by an agent of the data protection system;

    configuring the request to transfer or access the data to or from a second host in the user interface, wherein the first host is associated with a first storage device and the second host is associated with a second storage device,in coordination with the data protection service operating on a data protection server, performing a data control process of the data protection system in response to the request to transfer or access data without performing the backup operation on the data with respect to the request, wherein the data control process includes authenticating a user requesting the data transfer and determining whether the user is authorized to access the data based on authentication information maintained by the data protection system; and

    performing the request and transferring or accessing the data by the data protection application in accordance with the data control process of the data protection system.

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