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USE OF AUXILIARY DATA PROTECTION SOFTWARE IN FAILOVER OPERATIONS

  • US 20140337662A1
  • Filed: 05/07/2014
  • Published: 11/13/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An information management cell configured to perform emergency backups, comprising:

  • at least one client computing device having one or more applications executing thereon configured to generate primary data for storage in one or more primary storage devices;

    at least one secondary storage computing device comprising computer hardware configured to conduct the primary data generated by the client computing device to one or more secondary storage devices as part of secondary copy operations,wherein the secondary storage computing device normally operates to conduct the primary data to the one or more secondary storage devices for storage as a secondary copy in a first secondary copy file format, at the direction of a main storage manager; and

    a failover storage manager executing on a computing device within the information management cell and configured to;

    activate in response to loss of connectivity between the information management cell and the main storage manager; and

    instruct a secondary copy application installed on a computing device within the information management cell to perform a secondary copy operation in which the primary data generated by the client computing device is stored as a secondary copy in a second secondary copy file format different than the first secondary copy file format.

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