Data management system
First Claim
1. In a storage system having arrays of storage devices for storing information, a data manager for collecting information about relationships among files stored therein for presentation to a user, wherein the relationships include at least one of back-up, replication and archive for particular files.
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Abstract
A method of collecting information about data and data handling processes from different types of applications in the context of a storage system is described. The retrieved information is presented to the user to illustrate the relationships among the data, for example, in the form of a data view illustrating the relationship among files, a storage view, illustrating the physical location at which the stored data is located, or a path view illustrating a particular path through the topology of the overall computing system and storage system. Also described are techniques for assuring the accuracy of backed up files.
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9 Claims
- 1. In a storage system having arrays of storage devices for storing information, a data manager for collecting information about relationships among files stored therein for presentation to a user, wherein the relationships include at least one of back-up, replication and archive for particular files.
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2. (canceled)
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8. A storage system having a plurality of processes operating therein for handling data, including at least two of a replication server for replicating stored data to provide replication copies of the stored data, a backup server for providing backup copies of the stored data, an archive server for archiving the stored data to provided archive copies of the stored data and a storage manager for managing the stored data, the storage system further comprising a data manager for tracking the stored data in at least two of the following:
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recording at least one of a location of the replicated stored data, a location of the backup copies of the stored data, and a location of the archived copies of the stored data;
recording at least one of a path to the replicated stored data, a path to the backup copies of the stored data, and a path to the archived copies of the stored data; and
recording at least one of a relationship of the data to the replicated stored data, to the backup copies of the stored data, and the archived copies of the stored data. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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