Systems and methods for restoring web parts in content management systems

• US 8,726,147 B1
• Filed: 03/12/2010
• Issued: 05/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Veritas Technologies, LLC (Whitehouse Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Symantec Corporation (NortonLifeLock Inc.)
• Inventors: Beatty, Louis, Saraf, Deepak
• Primary Examiner(s): Hong, Stephen
• Assistant Examiner(s): Robinson, Marshon
• Application Number:
  US12/722,849
• Time in Patent Office: 1,523 Days
• Field of Search: 715/234, 715/235, 705/51, 707/999.1
• US Class Current: 715/234
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1458 Management of the backup or restore process
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1469 Backup restoration techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9574 of access to content, e.g. by caching

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for restoring web parts in content management systems may include identifying a backup of a content management system. The computer-implemented method may also include identifying an instruction to restore at least one web part of the content management system. The computer-implemented method may further include retrieving the web part. The computer-implemented method may additionally include identifying at least one object referenced by the web part. The computer-implemented method may also include recreating the object within the content management system. The computer-implemented method may additionally include updating the web part to reference the recreated object. The computer-implemented method may also include restoring the web part to the content management system. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for restoring web parts in content management systems, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising:

identifying a backup of a content management system;

identifying an instruction to restore a customized web part of the content management system by identifying an instruction to restore a web site of the content management system, wherein the customized web part has been customized for the web site;

retrieving the customized web part by caching the customized web part before restoring an updated version of the customized web part to the content management system;

identifying at least one object referenced by the customized web part;

recreating the object within the content management system;

creating an updated web part by updating, while the customized web part is cached, the customized web part to reference the recreated object;

after updating the customized web part, restoring the updated web part to the content management system.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the customized web part comprises a module, gadget, library, page, and/or code used within the content management system to provide access to data stored in the content management system.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the backup of the content management system comprises a monolithic backup of a database of the content management system.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein updating the customized web part to reference the recreated object comprises looking up an identifier of the recreated object.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein looking up the identifier of the recreated object comprises:

identifying a unique attribute of the recreated object;

searching for an object in the content management system with the unique attribute.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, wherein the unique attribute comprises a uniform resource locator.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein:

restoring the updated web part to the content management system comprises creating, within the content management system, a new web part that is identical to the customized web part;

updating the customized web part comprises updating the new web part.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein restoring the updated web part to the content management system comprises:

using a template site with a pre-generated template web part to create a base site on which to perform restoration;

modifying the pre-generated template web part in the content management system such that the template web part conforms to attributes of the customized web part.

9. A system for restoring web parts in content management systems, the system comprising:

an identification module programmed to;

identify a backup of a content management system;

identify an instruction to restore a customized web part of the content management system by identifying an instruction to restore a web site of the content management system, wherein the customized web part has been customized for the web site;

a retrieval module programmed to retrieve the customized web part by caching the customized web part before an updated version of the customized web part is restored to the content management system;

a recreation module programmed to;

identify at least one object referenced by the customized web part;

recreate the object within the content management system;

an updating module programmed to create an updated web part by updating, while the customized web part is cached, the customized web part to reference the recreated object;

a restoration module programmed to, after the customized web part is updated, restore the updated web part to the content management system;

at least one processor configured to execute the identification module, the retrieval module, the recreation module, the updating module, and the restoration module.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the customized web part comprises code embedded in a web page of the content management system.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the web page comprises an ASPX file.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the retrieval module is programmed to retrieve the customized web part by parsing and/or querying the backup of the content management system to extract the customized web part.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the restoration module is programmed to add a view structure for the updated web part to ensure that a view of the updated web part after it is restored is identical to the customized web part as found in the backup of the content management system.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the restoration module restores the updated web part as part of restoring the web site that includes the customized web part.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein restoring the web site comprises:

generating a list of a plurality of web parts needed for the web site as well as a list of objects needed for the plurality of web parts identified in the list of the plurality of web parts needed for the web site;

remapping each of the plurality of web parts to refer to restored objects on which the plurality of web parts depend, wherein remapping each of the plurality of web parts comprises updating the customized web part to reference the recreated object.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the restoration module is programmed to enable a user to selectively restore one or more of the plurality of web parts during restoration of the web site.

17. The system of claim 9, wherein the updating module is programmed to update the customized web part by linking fields in a list view of the content management system to match the customized web part.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable-storage medium comprising one or more computer-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to:

identify a backup of a content management system;

identify an instruction to restore a customized web part of the content management system by identifying an instruction to restore a web site of the content management system, wherein the customized web part has been customized for the web site;

retrieve the customized web part by caching the customized web part before restoring an updated version of the customized web part to the content management system;

identify at least one object referenced by the customized web part;

recreate the object within the content management system;

create an updated web part by updating, while the customized web part is cached, the customized web part to reference the recreated object;

after the customized web part is updated, restore the updated web part to the content management system.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable-storage medium of claim 18, wherein the backup of the content management system comprises a monolithic backup of a database of the content management system.