USING AN ENHANCED DATA AGENT TO RESTORE BACKED UP DATA ACROSS AUTONOMOUS STORAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a first storage manager for managing storage operations in a first storage management system;
a second storage manager for managing storage operations in a second storage management system, wherein the first storage management and the second storage management system are autonomous from each other;
a secondary copy of data generated in the first storage management system;
a first computing device comprising a media agent component of the first storage management system,wherein the media agent is associated with the secondary copy of data;
a second computing device comprising a data agent and a registry key;
wherein the registry key is received from the second storage manager, andwherein the registry key associates the data agent with the first storage manager for restore operations originating in the first storage management system;
wherein the data agent is configured to operate in both;
(a) a full-function client configuration in the second storage management system for participating in one or more storage operations for data generated by the second computing device which are managed by the second storage manager, and(b) a restore-only client configuration in the first storage management system, based at least in part on the registry key that associates the data agent with the first storage manager,wherein in the restore-only client configuration the data agent is configured to participate only in restore operations for secondary copies of data stored in the first storage management system which restore operations are managed by the first storage manager,including a restore operation in which the media agent and the data agent restore the secondary copy of data from the first storage management system to at least one of the second computing device and a second data storage device in communication with the second computing device,wherein the restored secondary copy of data is accessible to the second computing device as primary data.
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Abstract
An exemplary system preserves the autonomy of two or more distinct storage management systems all the while enabling backed up data to be restored from a first storage management system (the “local system”) to a specially-configured client in a second storage management system (the “remote system”). For example, backed up data in the local system (e.g., a secondary copy of production data) may be transferred, in a restore operation, from secondary storage in the local storage management system, which originated the data, to a client of the remote storage management system (the “remote client”). As a specially-configured “restore-only client,” the remote client is limited to receiving backed up data from the local storage management system, via restore operation(s) managed by the local storage manager. The remote client remains a full-fledged client in its home system, the remote storage management system.
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20 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a first storage manager for managing storage operations in a first storage management system; a second storage manager for managing storage operations in a second storage management system, wherein the first storage management and the second storage management system are autonomous from each other; a secondary copy of data generated in the first storage management system; a first computing device comprising a media agent component of the first storage management system, wherein the media agent is associated with the secondary copy of data; a second computing device comprising a data agent and a registry key; wherein the registry key is received from the second storage manager, and wherein the registry key associates the data agent with the first storage manager for restore operations originating in the first storage management system; wherein the data agent is configured to operate in both; (a) a full-function client configuration in the second storage management system for participating in one or more storage operations for data generated by the second computing device which are managed by the second storage manager, and (b) a restore-only client configuration in the first storage management system, based at least in part on the registry key that associates the data agent with the first storage manager, wherein in the restore-only client configuration the data agent is configured to participate only in restore operations for secondary copies of data stored in the first storage management system which restore operations are managed by the first storage manager, including a restore operation in which the media agent and the data agent restore the secondary copy of data from the first storage management system to at least one of the second computing device and a second data storage device in communication with the second computing device, wherein the restored secondary copy of data is accessible to the second computing device as primary data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for restoring a secondary copy of data generated in a first storage management system to a client of a second storage management system, the method comprising:
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executing on a first computing device a media agent component of a first storage management system, wherein a first storage manager that executes on a third computing device manages storage operations in the first storage management system; executing a data agent on a second computing device in a full-function client configuration in the second storage management system the second computing device is a source of data for storage operations in the second storage management system, wherein a second storage manager that executes on a fourth computing device manages the storage operations in the second storage management system which is mutually autonomous with the first storage management system; further executing the data agent on the second computing device in a restore-only client configuration in the first storage management system based at least in part on a registry key, which is received from the second storage manager, wherein the registry key associates the data agent with the first storage manager for restore operations originating in the first storage management system, the second computing device is a destination for restored data from the first storage management system and is not a source of data for storage operations in the first storage management system; and restoring a secondary copy of data from a first storage device in the first storage management system to at least one of the second computing device and a second data storage device in communication with the second computing device, wherein the restored secondary copy of data is accessible to the second computing device as primary data, and wherein, as managed by the first storage manager, the restoring of the secondary copy is performed by the media agent in conjunction with the data agent in the restore-only client configuration. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for restoring a secondary copy of data generated in a first storage management system to a client of a second storage management system, the method comprising:
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on a first computing device, executing a data agent in a full-function client configuration in the second storage management system, wherein in the full-function client configuration the first computing device is a source of data for storage operations in the second storage management system, and wherein a second storage manager manages the storage operations in the second storage management system which is mutually autonomous with the first storage management system; on the first computing device, further executing the data agent in a restore-only client configuration in the first storage management system, using an authentication certificate for authenticating communications between the first computing device and the first storage manager for restore operations originating in the first storage management system, wherein in the restore-only client configuration the first computing device is a destination for restored data from the first storage management system and is not a source of data for storage operations in the first storage management system; and restoring, as managed by the first storage manager, the secondary copy of data from the first storage device in the first storage management system to at least one of the first computing device and a second data storage device in communication with the first computing device, wherein the restored secondary copy of data is accessible to the first computing device as primary data, and wherein the restoring operation is performed by the data agent operating in the restore-only client configuration on the first computing device, in conjunction with a media agent, which executes on a second computing device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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