RESTORATION OF CENTRALIZED DATA STORAGE MANAGER, SUCH AS DATA STORAGE MANAGER IN A HIERARCHICAL DATA STORAGE SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method for recreating an original information management database for an information management network, wherein the information management network is unable to access an acceptable secondary copy of the original information management database, the method comprising:
- receiving, via a user interface provided by an information management server, instructions associated with identifying non-production storage media,wherein the information management server provides information management services to client computing devices within the information management network,wherein the original information management database includes data identifying files stored by the information management server and client computing devices associated with those files; and
wherein the non-production storage media contain secondary copies of application data generated by the client computing devices in the information management network;
identifying, with the information management server, non-production storage media within the information management network in accordance with the received instructions;
scanning, with the information management server, the identified non-production storage media for metadata associated with the secondary copies of the application data;
retrieving the metadata from the non-production storage media without 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.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for restoring a database in an information management system that does not include a secondary copy of the database, are disclosed. The systems and methods may include using metadata stored in non-production storage devices to restore the database. In some implementations the methods are used to consolidate multiple information management systems. In other implementations, the systems and methods are used for reviewing content of archived storage media. Other implementations are disclosed.
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1. A method for recreating an original information management database for an information management network, wherein the information management network is unable to access an acceptable secondary copy of the original information management database, the method comprising:
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receiving, via a user interface provided by an information management server, instructions associated with identifying non-production storage media, wherein the information management server provides information management services to client computing devices within the information management network, wherein the original information management database includes data identifying files stored by the information management server and client computing devices associated with those files; and wherein the non-production storage media contain secondary copies of application data generated by the client computing devices in the information management network; identifying, with the information management server, non-production storage media within the information management network in accordance with the received instructions; scanning, with the information management server, the identified non-production storage media for metadata associated with the secondary copies of the application data; retrieving the metadata from the non-production storage media without 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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A tangible computer-readable medium whose contents, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations of building a master information management database for an information management network, the operations comprising:
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identifying, with an information management server of the information management network, all computing devices within the information management network, wherein the information management network is a hierarchical network; wherein the information management server directs intermediate information management servers to perform information management services for client computing devices within the information management network, wherein information management services include; creating secondary copies of application data stored by the client computing devices, and restoring the secondary copies of the application data to the client computing devices; identifying the ones of the computing devices that are intermediate information management servers, requesting a copy of an intermediate information management database from each intermediate information management server; receiving copies of the intermediate information management databases from the intermediate information management servers; and populating the master information management database with information from the received intermediate information management databases. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A tangible computer-readable medium whose contents, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations of consolidating multiple information management computing devices into a single information management computing device, the operations comprising:
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identifying, with the single information management computing device, the multiple information management computing devices, wherein the identifying includes receiving a network address for each of the information management computing devices, and requesting, with the single information management computing device, copies of information management databases from each of the multiple information management computing devices, wherein the copies of information management databases include records for mapping non-production storage media to secondary copies of application data for client computing devices, wherein the copies cumulatively include all records associated with all the client computing devices; receiving, with the single information management computing device, the requested copies of the information management database from each of the multiple information management computing devices; and merging, with the single information management computing device, the copies of the information management databases into a master information management database stored on the single information management computing device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for recreating an original information management database for an information management network from data that is stored on magnetic tapes, the system comprising:
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at least one processor; at least one data storage device; means for receiving instructions associated with identifying magnetic tapes via a user interface, wherein the magnetic tapes contain secondary copies of application data generated by client computing devices in the information management network; and means for scanning, with the computing device, magnetic tapes via a magnetic tape reader for metadata associated with secondary copies of application data stored on the magnetic tapes means for retrieving the scanned metadata from the non-production storage media; means for populating a database with the retrieved metadata from the non-production storage media; - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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