Multi-tier recovery

• US 8,549,350 B1
• Filed: 09/30/2010
• Issued: 10/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Emc IP Holding Company LLC (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: EMC Corporation (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Dutch, Michael John, Claudatos, Christopher Hercules, Rao, Mandavilli Navneeth
• Primary Examiner(s): BONZO, BRYCE P
• Application Number:
  US12/895,840
• Time in Patent Office: 1,097 Days
• Field of Search: 714/6.1
• US Class Current: 714/6.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1453 using de-duplication of the data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1466 to make the backup process non-disruptive
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1469 Backup restoration techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/21 Design, administration or maintenance of databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/44 Program or device authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database

Abstract

A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for restoring data. In some embodiments, this includes backing up data in a first form with a backup application, updating the backup application, and using the updated backup application to restore the backed up data in a second form. In some embodiments, the first form includes a backup image. In some embodiments, the second form is individual files.

Claims

1. A method for restoring data, comprising:

backing up data in a first form with a backup application, wherein the first form includes a disk image of the data;

receiving a request to restore the backed up data in a second form;

updating the backup application, in response to the request, wherein the updated backup application includes at least one transformation service; and

using the updated backup application to restore the backed up data in the second form, wherein the transformation service transforms the backed up data from the first form to the second form.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the second form is individual files.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the first form is Windows compatible.

4. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the second form is Linux compatible.

5. A system for restoring data, comprising a processor configured to:

backup up data in a first form with a backup application, wherein the first form includes a disk image of the data;

receive a request to restore the backed up data in a second form;

update the backup application, in response to the request, wherein the updated backup application includes at least one transformation service; and

use the updated backup application to restore the backed up data in the second form, wherein the transformation service transforms the backed up data from the first form to the second form.

6. The system as recited in claim 5, wherein the second form is individual files.

7. The system as recited in claim 5, wherein the first form is Windows compatible.

8. The system as recited in claim 5, wherein the second form is Linux compatible.

9. A computer program product for restoring data, comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium having machine readable code embodied therein for:

backing up data in a first form with a backup application, wherein the first form includes a disk image of the data;

receiving a request to restore the backed up data in a second form;

updating the backup application, in response to the request, wherein the updated backup application includes at least one transformation service; and

using the updated backup application to restore the backed up data in the second form, wherein the transformation service transforms the backed up data from the first form to the second form.

10. The computer program product as recited in claim 9, wherein the second form is individual files.

11. The computer program product as recited in claim 9, wherein the first form is Windows compatible.

12. The computer program product as recited in claim 9, wherein the second form is Linux compatible.