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RESTORATION OF CENTRALIZED DATA STORAGE MANAGER, SUCH AS DATA STORAGE MANAGER IN A HIERARCHICAL DATA STORAGE SYSTEM

  • US 20140188812A1
  • Filed: 12/27/2012
  • Published: 07/03/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. At least on tangible computer-readable medium storing instructions, which when executed by at least one data processing device, perform a method of recreating an original information management database for an information management network, wherein the information management network does not have access to an acceptable secondary copy of the original information management database, the method comprising:

  • identifying, with an information management server, non-production storage media within the information management network,wherein the information management server provides information management services to client computing devices within the information management network, andwherein the non-production storage media store secondary copies of application data generated by the client computing devices in the information management network;

    scanning, with the information management server, the identified non-production storage media for metadata associated with the secondary copies of the application data,wherein the metadata includes headers at the beginning of a file within at least one of the secondary copies of the application data, trailing file markers appended to the end of the file, or both headers and trailing file markers, andwherein the metadata includes—

    information regarding files recorded in the original information management database, andinformation regarding the client computing devices associated with each of the files;

    retrieving the metadata from the non-production storage media, but not necessarily retrieving the secondary copies of the application data; and

    populating a reconstructed information management database with the retrieved metadata from the non-production storage media,wherein the reconstructed information management database is substantially similar to the original information management database.

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