System and method for data preservation and retrieval
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1. A method of collecting data comprising:
- receiving at a controller a request from a user to run a job on at least one of a plurality of computer environments coupled to a network;
responsive to receiving the request from the user, identifying, by the controller, the at least one of the plurality of computer environments coupled to a network for performing said job by communicating with an agent discovery service, wherein the plurality of computer environments transmits network configuration information to the agent discovery service in response to authenticating the agent discovery service to ensure it is within a proper trust domain;
responsive to the controller receiving network configuration information of the at least one of the plurality of computer environments from the agent discovery service, communicating between the controller and the at least one of the plurality of computer environments for executing said job which includes searching the at least one of the plurality of computer environments for data that matches a first predetermined criterion specified by the user;
presenting a list of the matching data to the user;
receiving a user selection of which of the matching data is copied to a memory location binding the matching data to an identifier corresponding to an entity that collected the matching data; and
copying the matching data to a memory location, wherein the user is allowed to copy matching data from only selected computer environments.
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Abstract
A system and method for searching for computer environments, authenticating the computer environments, and copying data from the authenticated computer environments to a memory location. The data is marked or bound to the computer system it was copied from which provides a user with assurance that the data was obtained from a specific, authenticated source. The computer environments and the memory location may be coupled over a network.
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1. A method of collecting data comprising:
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receiving at a controller a request from a user to run a job on at least one of a plurality of computer environments coupled to a network; responsive to receiving the request from the user, identifying, by the controller, the at least one of the plurality of computer environments coupled to a network for performing said job by communicating with an agent discovery service, wherein the plurality of computer environments transmits network configuration information to the agent discovery service in response to authenticating the agent discovery service to ensure it is within a proper trust domain; responsive to the controller receiving network configuration information of the at least one of the plurality of computer environments from the agent discovery service, communicating between the controller and the at least one of the plurality of computer environments for executing said job which includes searching the at least one of the plurality of computer environments for data that matches a first predetermined criterion specified by the user; presenting a list of the matching data to the user; receiving a user selection of which of the matching data is copied to a memory location binding the matching data to an identifier corresponding to an entity that collected the matching data; and copying the matching data to a memory location, wherein the user is allowed to copy matching data from only selected computer environments. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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