INDIVIDUAL OBJECT RESTORE

• US 20100174683A1
• Filed: 01/08/2009
• Published: 07/08/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/08/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Freeman, Bryan Wayne, Kojenov, Alexei, Hoobler, Delbert Barron III, Nguyen, Joanne T.
• Granted Patent: US 8,285,680 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/650
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1435 using file system or storage system metadata

Abstract

A method for restoring an object comprises receiving a request to restore an object. Also, the method includes outputting a representation of available backup files and receiving a selection of at least one of the available backup files. Further, the method comprises restoring at least one of the selected backup files into a temporary location and mounting at least one of the restored backup files as a server. In addition, the method includes outputting a representation of available objects from the server and receiving a selection of at least one of the available objects to be restored from the server. Also, the method includes copying one or more selected objects from the server into an Active Directory.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a processor;

a computer-readable medium, the computer-readable medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, which when executed by the processor causes the processor to;

receive a request to restore an object;

search for a tombstone associated with the object,

wherein if the object tombstone is found, reanimate the object from the object tombstone,

wherein if the object tombstone is not found or upon receiving a request to restore from backup;

output a representation of available backup files;

receive a selection of at least one of the available backup files;

restore at least one of the selected backup files into a temporary location;

mount at least one of the restored backup files as a sewer;

output a representation of available objects from the server;

receive a selection of at least one of the available objects to be restored from the server; and

copy the at least one selected object from the server into an Active Directory.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the reanimating the object from the object tombstone further comprises:

searching for a backup file; and

updating the object with at least one of an object attribute and an object data from the backup file.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one selected backup file is a Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) backup file.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the output steps comprise using a graphical user interface, wherein the graphical user interface displays a list of at least one of available backup files and available objects from the server.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the mounting at least one of the restored backup files as a server further comprises using a utility file, dsamain.exe, from MICROSOFT.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one of the selected backup files is restored Into a temporary location on a domain controller.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the server stays online and accessible during the object restore.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the receiving a selection of at least one of the available objects to be restored from the server further comprises receiving a selection of at least one of an object attribute and an object data to be restored.

9. A method for restoring an object comprising;

receiving a request to restore an object;

outputting a representation of available backup files;

receiving a selection of at least one of the available backup files;

restoring at least one of the selected backup files into a temporary location;

mounting at least one of the restored backup files as a sewer;

outputting a representation of available objects from the server;

receiving a selection of at least one of the available objects to be restored from the server; and

copying the at least one selected object from the server into an Active Directory.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising searching for a tombstone associated with the object, wherein the tombstone is any deleted or undeleted file associated with the object to be restored, wherein if the object tombstone is found, reanimating the object from the object tombstone.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the reanimating the object from the object tombstone further comprises:

searching for a backup file having at least one of an object attribute and an object data; and

updating the object with the at least one of an object attribute and an object data from the backup file.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the at least one of the selected backup files is a Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) backup file.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the server is a lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) server.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the outputting steps comprise using a graphical user interface.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the graphical user interface displays a list of at least one of the available backup files and the available objects from the server.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein the mounting at least one of the restored backup files as a server further comprises using a utility file, dsamain.exe, from MICROSOFT.

17. The method of claim 9, wherein the at least one of the selected backup files is restored into a temporary location on a domain controller.

18. The method of claim 9, wherein the server stays online and accessible during the object restore.

19. The method of claim 9, wherein the receiving a selection of at least one of the available objects to be restored from the server further comprises receiving a selection of at least one of an object attribute and an object data to be restored.

20. A computer program product for restoring an object, the computer program product comprising:

a computer usable medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising;

computer usable program code configured to receive a request to restore an object;

computer usable program code configured to search for a tombstone associated with the object,

wherein if the object tombstone is found, reanimating the object from the object tombstone,

wherein if the object tombstone is not found or upon receiving a request to restore from backup;

computer usable program code configured to output a representation of available backup files;

computer usable program code configured to receive a selection of at least one of the available backup files;

computer usable program code configured to restore at least one of the selected backup files into a temporary location on a domain controller;

computer usable program code configured to mount at least one of the restored backup files as a lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) server;

computer usable program code configured to output a representation of available objects from the LDAP server;

computer usable program code configured to receive a selection of at least one of the available objects from the LDAP server to be restored; and

computer usable program code configured to copy the at least one selected object from the LDAP server into an Active Directory.