Modular backup and retrieval system
First Claim
1. A method for backup and retrieval of data, the method comprising:
- providing a management software component operating on a first network device;
providing a plurality of media software components communicatively coupled to the management software component operating on at least a second network device, each of the media software components being communicatively coupled to a storage device storing data;
selecting a media software component from among the plurality of media software components using the management software component;
controlling the selected media software component using the management software component;
controlling backup and retrieval of data to the storage device using the selected media software component comprising at least one software module configured to control backup and retrieval of data to the storage device; and
recording a physical address indicating a location of the data on the storage device using the at least one software module comprising an indexing software module configured to record the physical address on the storage device.
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Abstract
The invention is a modular backup and retrieval system. The software modules making up the backup and retrieval system run independently, and can run either on the same computing devices or on different computing devices. The modular software system coordinates and performs backups of various computing devices communicating to the modules. Actions of modules on one of the computing devices acts as a system manager for a network backup regimen. A management component acts as a manager for the archival and restoration of the computing devices on the network. It manages and allocates library media usage, maintains backup scheduling and levels, and supervises or maintains the archives themselves through pruning or aging policies. The management component is not hard wired in its functionality, but may adapt to changing circumstances in these policies. A second software module acts as a manager for each particular library media.
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36 Claims
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1. A method for backup and retrieval of data, the method comprising:
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providing a management software component operating on a first network device; providing a plurality of media software components communicatively coupled to the management software component operating on at least a second network device, each of the media software components being communicatively coupled to a storage device storing data; selecting a media software component from among the plurality of media software components using the management software component; controlling the selected media software component using the management software component; controlling backup and retrieval of data to the storage device using the selected media software component comprising at least one software module configured to control backup and retrieval of data to the storage device; and recording a physical address indicating a location of the data on the storage device using the at least one software module comprising an indexing software module configured to record the physical address on the storage device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for backup and retrieval of data, the method comprising:
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providing a management software component operating on a first network device of a plurality of network devices; providing a plurality of media software components communicatively coupled to the management software component, the media software components being communicatively coupled to a storage device storing data, the media software components being further capable of controlling backups to the storage device; selecting a media software component from among the plurality of media software components using the management software component; controlling the selected media software component using the management software component; controlling backup and retrieval of data to the storage device using the selected media software component comprising at least one software module configured to control the backup and retrieval of data to the storage device; and recording a physical address of a location of the data on the storage device using the at least one software module comprising an indexing software module configured to record the physical address on the storage device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method for backup and retrieval of data, the method comprising:
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providing a management software component operating on a first computing device in a network, the management software component controlling a plurality of media software components communicatively coupled to the management software component, the media software components being communicatively coupled to at least one backup device storing data; providing a client software component that controls backups of any computing device, the client software component communicatively coupled to the management software component and the media software components; controlling backup and retrieval of data to the at least one backup device using the media software components, which control the at least one backup device each of the media software components comprising at least one software module configured to control the backup and retrieval of data to the at least one backup device; recording a physical address of a location of the data on the backup device using the at least one software module comprising an indexing software module configured to record the physical address on the backup device; and operating at least one of either the media software components or the client software components on a second computing device in the network. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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