SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MEDIA MANAGEMENT, SUCH AS MANAGEMENT OF MEDIA TO AND FROM A MEDIA STORAGE LIBRARY

• US 20080243870A1
• Filed: 03/31/2008
• Published: 10/02/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CommVault Systems Incorporated
• Original Assignee: CommVault Systems Incorporated
• Inventors: Gokhale, Parag, Kottomtharayil, Rajiv, Muller, Marcus S.
• Granted Patent: US 8,346,734 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/10
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/004 Error avoidance G06F11/07 and subgroups take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/11 File system administration, e.g. details of archiving or snapshots file system backup G06F11/14
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0604 Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. storage management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0634 by changing the state or mode of one or more devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0686 Libraries, e.g. tape libraries, jukebox
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/41 Flat as opposed to hierarchical combination, e.g. library of tapes or discs, CD changer, or groups of record carriers that together store one title
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/002 Programmed access in sequence to a plurality of record carriers or indexed parts, e.g. tracks, thereof, e.g. for editing; transfer of record carriers from magazine G11B15/68, G11B17/10; G11B17/22

Abstract

A system and method for determining media to be exported out of a media library is described. In some examples, the system determines a media component to be exported, determines the media component is in the media library for a specific process, and exports the media component after the process is completed.

Claims

1. A method of recalling data storage media to a data storage media library based on a predicted future data restore operation for a computing system, the method comprising:

retrieving information related to one or more previous restore operations of the computing system;

predicting a possible need for a resource within the computing system based at least in part on the retrieved information related to one or more previous restore operations of the computing system; and

importing from a location outside of the data storage media library a media component to be stored in the media library based at least in part on the predicted possible need for the resource, wherein the media component contains information related to a possible restoration of the resource.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

upon an actual failure of the resource, restoring the resource using the information contained in the stored media component; and

exporting the media component out of the media library.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

upon an actual failure of the resource, restoring the resource using the information contained in the stored media component.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

upon an actual failure of the resource, restoring the resource using the information contained in the stored media component;

updating a data structure containing information related to a number of restorations of the resource; and

when the number of restorations exceeds a predetermined threshold, maintaining the media component within the media library.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting a threshold time period to maintain the media component, wherein the threshold time period is determined based at least in part on the predicted possible resource failure; and

exporting the media component out of the media library after a current time exceeds the threshold time period.

6. A system for restoring resources contained in a computing system, comprising:

a resource information component, wherein the resource information component contains information related to historical performance of resources of the computing system;

a prediction component, wherein the prediction component determines a possible failure of the resources of the computing system based at least in part on the historical performance information; and

an information recall component, in communication with the resource component and the prediction component, wherein the information recall component recalls data from a data storage facility to be used in a restore of the determined possible failure, wherein the data storage facility is geographically remote from the system.

7. A system of maintaining contents of a media library associated with a data restoration system for a computing system, comprising:

a resource information component, wherein the resource information component monitors performance of resources of the computing system and provides information related to the performance of the resources;

a provisioning component, wherein the provisioning component determines media components to store within the media library based at least in part on information retrieved from the resource information component; and

a movement component, wherein the movement component imports media components into the media library and exports media components out of the media library based at least in part on instructions received from the provisioning component.

8. A data structure stored within memory of a computing system, the data structure containing one or more entries, wherein each of the entries comprise information identifying a resource within a computing system, information identifying a media component that contains data used in restoring the resource, information that indicates a predicted time frame of need for the resource, and information that identifies an action be performed in order to transfer the media component to a media library associated with the computing system during the predicted time frame.