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WORK FLOW MANAGEMENT FOR AN INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

  • US 20150244775A1
  • Filed: 05/09/2014
  • Published: 08/27/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for distributing tasks, in an information management system, to a client computing device using first and second work queues managed by a server computing device, the method comprising:

  • scheduling information management policy tasks for the client computing device with the server computing device,wherein scheduling the information management policy tasks includes populating the first queue with the information management policy tasks, based on an information management policy, to be performed by the client computing device using one or more information management system processes or operations,wherein the information management policy defines a data storage policy related to creating secondary copies of data on secondary storage devices from primary copies of data stored on primary storage devices,wherein the secondary storage devices are located remotely from the primary storage devices;

    transmitting the information management policy tasks for the client computing device from the server computing device, to the client computing device, in accordance with the first work queue;

    scheduling information management system tasks for the client computing device with the server computing device,wherein scheduling the information management system includes populating the second queue with the information management system tasks,wherein the information management system tasks are tasks to be performed by the client computing device that are not defined by the information management policy and that are not executed by the information management processes or operations; and

    transmitting the information management system tasks to the client computing device, from the server computing device, based on the availability of the client computing device.

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