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RESTORING BACKED UP DATA ACROSS AUTONOMOUS STORAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

  • US 20160110266A1
  • Filed: 10/21/2014
  • Published: 04/21/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2014
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A system for restoring backed up data from one autonomous storage management system to another autonomous storage management system, the system comprising:

  • a local storage management system comprising;

    a secondary copy of data originated by a local client in the local storage management system,a first storage device comprising the secondary copy, anda media agent associated with the secondary copy,wherein the local storage management system is under management by a local storage manager;

    a remote storage management system comprising;

    a remote client, anda second storage device associated with the remote client,wherein the remote storage management system is under management by a remote storage manager;

    wherein the remote client is configured as both (i) a full-fledged client of the remote storage management system, wherein the full-fledged client is an ordinary client of the remote storage management system, and (ii) a restore-only client of the local storage management system;

    wherein the local storage manager comprises functionality to communicate with the remote storage manager, and further comprises functionality to manage a restore job of the secondary copy to the remote client, via the media agent; and

    wherein the remote client comprises a data agent configured to receive and process the secondary copy from the media agent in the local storage management system, based on the restore-only configuration of the remote client, and to store the processed data to the second storage device.

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