SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLIENT POLICY ASSIGNMENT IN A DATA STORAGE SYSTEM

• US 20190312932A1
• Filed: 04/22/2019
• Published: 10/10/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CommVault Systems Incorporated
• Original Assignee: CommVault Systems Incorporated
• Inventors: KARANDIKAR, Amey Vijaykumar
• Granted Patent: US 10,757,191 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0607 by facilitating the process of upgrading existing storage systems, e.g. for improving compatibility between host and storage device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0629 Configuration or reconfiguration of storage systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0644 Management of space entities, e.g. partitions, extents, pools
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/067 Distributed or networked storage systems, e.g. storage area networks [SAN], network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

A system and method for property assignment in a data storage system is presented. A data storage system defines a client configuration profile comprising a set of storage operation properties, wherein the storage operation properties regulate criteria for performing storage operations by the data agent on client devices that are associated with the client configuration profile. A storage management system associates a first client device to the client configuration profile; and communicates the set of properties of the client configuration profile to property tables of corresponding objects in the first client device.

Claims

1. (canceled)

2. A data storage system comprising:

a first computing device comprising computer hardware, wherein the first computing device has a first type of data backup component installed thereon, and wherein the first computing device is associated with a first client configuration profile that comprises at least one storage operation property, which governs storage operations by the first type of data backup component;

a second computing device comprising computer hardware, wherein the second computing device has the first type of data backup component installed thereon, and wherein the second computing device is different from the first computing device and is not associated with the first client configuration profile;

a third computing device comprising computer hardware, wherein the third computing device is in communication with the first computing device and the second computing device;

wherein the third computing device is configured to;

based on the at least one storage operation property in the first client configuration profile, initiate a data backup operation in which the data backup component of the first type installed on the first computing device is involved in copying primary data associated with the first computing device from one or more primary storage devices to one or more secondary storage devices to create a backup copy;

store an association between the backup copy and the first client configuration profile;

initiate an operation to restore the backup copy from the one or more secondary storage devices to one or more primary storage devices associated with the second computing device, wherein the operation to restore comprises automatically associating the at least one storage operation property, which governs storage operations by the first type of data backup component, with the second computing device; and

cause the second computing device to be updated with the first client configuration profile, wherein subsequent data backup operations involving the data backup component of the first type installed on the second client computing device are governed by the at least one storage operation property in the first client configuration profile.

3. The data storage system of claim 2, wherein the first computing device comprises native properties that are distinct from the at least one storage operation property in the first client configuration profile.

4. The data storage system of claim 2, wherein the third computing device is further configured to configure the first computing device with the at least one storage operation property in the first client configuration profile.

5. The data storage system of claim 2 further comprising a plurality of additional computing devices configured to convey data from one or more of the first computing device and the second computing device to the one or more secondary storage devices;

and

wherein the third computing device is further configured to, based on a storage policy associated with the first computing device, instruct one of the plurality of additional computing devices to write the backup copy to the one or more secondary storage devices.

6. The data storage system of claim 2, wherein the association between the backup copy and the first client configuration profile is stored on the one or more secondary storage devices in association with the backup copy.

7. The data storage system of claim 2, wherein the third computing device is further configured to, in response to one or more changes to the first client configuration profile, propagate the one or more changes to the first computing device and to the second computing device.

8. The data storage system of claim 2, wherein the at least one storage operation property is stored to one or more property tables at the first computing device.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a third computing device comprising computer hardware, cause the third computing device to:

be in communication with a first computing device and with a second computing device, wherein the first computing device comprises computer hardware and has a first type of data backup component installed thereon, and wherein the first computing device is associated with a first client configuration profile that comprises at least one storage operation property, which regulates criteria for performing storage operations by the first type of data backup component, and

wherein the second computing device comprises computer hardware and has the first type of data backup component installed thereon, and wherein the second computing device is different from the first computing device and is not associated with the first client configuration profile;

based on the at least one storage operation property in the first client configuration profile, initiate a data backup operation in which the data backup component of the first type installed on the first computing device is involved in copying primary data associated with the first computing device from one or more primary storage devices to one or more secondary storage devices to create a backup copy;

store an association between the backup copy and the first client configuration profile;

initiate an operation to restore the backup copy from the one or more secondary storage devices to one or more primary storage devices associated with the second computing device, wherein the operation to restore comprises automatically associating the at least one storage operation property, which regulates criteria for performing storage operations by the first type of data backup component, with the second computing device; and

cause the second computing device to be updated with the first client configuration profile, wherein subsequent data backup operations involving the data backup component of the first type installed on the second client computing device are governed by the at least one storage operation property in the first client configuration profile.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the first computing device comprises native properties that are distinct from the at least one storage operation property in the first client configuration profile.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the third computing device is further configured to configure the first computing device with the at least one storage operation property in the first client configuration profile.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein a plurality of additional computing devices are configured to convey data from one or more of the first computing device and the second computing device to the one or more secondary storage devices;

and

wherein the instructions further cause the third computing device to, based on a storage policy associated with the first computing device, instruct one of the plurality of additional computing devices to write the backup copy to the one or more secondary storage devices.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the association between the backup copy and the first client configuration profile is stored on the one or more secondary storage devices in association with the backup copy.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the instructions further cause the third computing device to, in response to one or more changes to the first client configuration profile, propagate the one or more changes to the first computing device and to the second computing device.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the instructions further cause the third computing device to store the at least one storage operation property to one or more property tables at the first computing device.

16. A method comprising:

by a third computing device comprising computer hardware, establish communications with a first computing device and with a second computing device,

wherein the first computing device comprises computer hardware and has a first type of data backup component installed thereon,

wherein the first computing device is associated with a first client configuration profile that comprises at least one storage operation property, which regulates criteria for performing storage operations by the first type of data backup component, and

wherein the second computing device comprises computer hardware and has the first type of data backup component installed thereon, and wherein the second computing device is different from the first computing device and is not associated with the first client configuration profile;

by the third computing device, based on the at least one storage operation property in the first client configuration profile, initiating a data backup operation in which the data backup component of the first type installed on the first computing device is involved in copying primary data associated with the first computing device from one or more primary storage devices to one or more secondary storage devices to create a backup copy;

by the third computing device, storing an association between the backup copy and the first client configuration profile;

by the third computing device, initiating an operation to restore the backup copy from the one or more secondary storage devices to one or more primary storage devices associated with the second computing device,

wherein the operation to restore comprises automatically associating the at least one storage operation property, which regulates criteria for performing storage operations by the first type of data backup component, with the second computing device; and

by the third computing device, causing the second computing device to be updated with the first client configuration profile,

wherein subsequent data backup operations involving the data backup component of the first type installed on the second client computing device are governed by the at least one storage operation property in the first client configuration profile.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the third computing device is further configured to configure the first computing device with the at least one storage operation property in the first client configuration profile.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein a plurality of additional computing devices are configured to convey data from one or more of the first computing device and the second computing device to the one or more secondary storage devices;

and

wherein the instructions further cause the third computing device to, based on a storage policy associated with the first computing device, instruct one of the plurality of additional computing devices to write the backup copy to the one or more secondary storage devices.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the association between the backup copy and the first client configuration profile is stored on the one or more secondary storage devices in association with the backup copy.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the instructions further cause the third computing device to, in response to one or more changes to the first client configuration profile, propagate the one or more changes to the first computing device and to the second computing device.

21. The method of claim 16, wherein the instructions further cause the third computing device to store the at least one storage operation property to one or more property tables at the first computing device.