Data storage recovery automation

• US 9,286,327 B2
• Filed: 03/07/2013
• Issued: 03/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CommVault Systems Incorporated
• Original Assignee: CommVault Systems Incorporated
• Inventors: Kripalani, Sanjay Harakhchand, Gokhale, Parag
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, DEBBIE M
• Application Number:
  US13/788,846
• Publication Number:
  US 20130262396A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,104 Days
• Field of Search: 707/674
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1456 Hardware arrangements for backup
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1464 for networked environments
• 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 2201/84 Using snapshots, i.e. a logical point-in-time copy of the data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• 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]

Abstract

According to certain aspects, systems and methods are provided for automating recovery of a networked data storage environment. For instance, a system can generate a data recovery package configured to automatically carry out a process for recovering a data storage environment and/or associated data. The content of the particular workflow depends on the data storage environment, and can be defined by a user.

Claims

1. A method of automating recovery of a networked data storage environment, comprising:

receiving an indication of user selection of a plurality of commands for inclusion in an automated data recovery package, the plurality of commands comprising commands to at least;

install on at least one computing device of a second set of computer hardware devices an instance of a first data storage component that was installed on at least one computing device of a first set of computer hardware devices, wherein the first data storage component comprises a media agent module configured to manage data storage operations between one or more client computing devices of the second set of computer hardware devices and one or more storage devices of the second set of computer hardware devices,

use the installed instance of the first data storage component to copy at least a portion of a data store onto one or more storage devices of the second set of computer hardware devices, the data store including a copy of production data that was generated by one or more applications executing on one or more client computing devices of the first set of computer hardware devices, and

install a storage manager module onto a computing device of the second set of computer hardware devices, the storage manager module configured, for a given data storage operation, to instruct a particular media agent module installed on a computing device of the second set of computer hardware devices to manage a given data storage operation;

generating, at a first point in time and by a first computing device, the automated data recovery package, the automated data recovery package configured, upon execution, to cause a computing device to recover at least a portion of a data storage environment implemented on the first set of computer hardware devices to the second set of computer hardware devices that is remote from the first set of computer hardware devices; and

storing the automated data recovery package on first storage,

wherein the automated data recovery package is, at a second point in time later than the first point in time, accessed at the first storage and invoked for execution on a second computing device that is remote from the first computing device, and

wherein execution of the automated data recovery package causes the second computing device to automatically execute the plurality of commands to completion.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the automatic execution is performed to completion without human intervention.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the automated data recovery package includes configuration parameters associated with the first data storage component, and wherein the configuration parameters are utilized to automatically configure the instance of the first data storage component that is installed on the at least one computing device of the second set of one or more computer hardware devices.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

creating a copy of configuration parameters that are associated with the first data storage component and are stored remotely from the first set of computer hardware devices,

wherein execution of the automated data recovery package causes the copy of the configuration parameters to be accessed and utilized to automatically configure the instance of the first data storage component that is installed on the at least one computing device of the second set of computer hardware devices.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

accessing, by the first computing device, a database including executable versions of a set of available commands; and

extracting, by the first computing device and from the database, executable versions of the plurality of commands, wherein said generating comprises assembling the extracted executable versions to form the automated data recovery package.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the automated data recovery package comprises a listing of code segments, each of the code segments corresponding to one of the plurality of commands.

7. A computer system, comprising:

one or more first computer processors;

first storage media having a database stored thereon which includes a set of recovery automation commands,

a recovery automation interface executing in the one or more first computer processors and configured to receive an indication of a user selection of a plurality of selected commands of the set of the recovery automation commands for inclusion in an automated data recovery process in which at least a portion of a data storage environment implemented on a first set of computer hardware devices is recovered on a second set of computer hardware devices that is remote from the first set of computer hardware devices; and

a recovery automation module executing in the one or more computer processors and configured to generate, at a first point in time, an automated data recovery package comprising a representation of the plurality of selected commands, the plurality of selected commands comprising commands to at least;

install on at least one computing device of the second set of computer hardware devices an instance of a first data storage component that was installed on at least one computing device of the first set of computer hardware devices, wherein the first data storage component comprises a media agent module configured to manage data storage operations between one or more client computing devices of the second set of computer hardware devices and one or more storage devices of the second set of computer hardware devices,

use the installed instance of the first data storage component to copy at least a portion of a data store onto one or more storage devices of the second set of computer hardware devices, the data store including a copy of production data that was generated by one or more applications executing on one or more client computing devices of the first set of computer hardware devices, and

install a storage manager module onto a computing device of the second set of computer hardware devices, the storage manager module configured, for a given data storage operation, to instruct a particular media agent module installed on a computing device of the second set of computer hardware devices to manage a given data storage operation,

wherein the automated data recovery package is, at a second point in time later than the first point in time, accessed from storage media and invoked for execution on one or more second computer processors that are remote from the one or more first computer processors, and

wherein execution of the automated data recovery package causes automatic execution the plurality of commands to completion.

8. The computer system of claim 7, wherein the automatic execution is performed to completion without human intervention.

9. The computer system of claim 7, wherein the automated data recovery package includes configuration parameters associated with the first data storage component, and wherein the configuration parameters are utilized to automatically configure the instance of the first data storage component that is installed on the at least one computing device of the second set of one or more computer hardware devices.

10. The computer system of claim 7, further comprising:

creating a copy of configuration parameters that are associated with the first data storage component and are stored remotely from the first set of computer hardware devices,

wherein execution of the automated data recovery package causes the copy of the configuration parameters to be accessed and utilized to automatically configure the instance of the first data storage component that is installed on the at least one computing device in the second set of computer hardware devices.

11. The computer system of claim 7, further comprising:

accessing, by the first computing device, a database including executable versions of a set of available commands; and

extracting, by the first computing device and from the database, executable versions of the plurality of selected commands, wherein said generating comprises assembling the extracted executable versions to form the automated data recovery package.

12. A computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to:

receive an indication of user selection of a plurality of commands for inclusion in an automated data recovery package, the plurality of commands comprising commands to at least;

install on at least one computing device of a second set of computer hardware devices an instance of a first data storage component that was installed on at least one computing device of a first set of computer hardware devices, wherein the first data storage component comprises a media agent module configured to manage data storage operations between one or more client computing devices of the second set of computer hardware devices and one or more storage devices of the second set of computer hardware devices,

use the installed instance of the first data storage component to copy at least a portion of a data store onto one or more storage devices of the second set of computer hardware devices, the data store including a copy of production data that was generated by one or more applications executing on one or more client computing devices of the first set of computer hardware devices, and

install a storage manager module onto a computing device of the second set of computer hardware devices, the storage manager module configured, for a given data storage operation, to instruct a particular media agent module installed on a computing device of the second set of computer hardware devices to manage a given data storage operation;

generate, at a first point in time, the automated data recovery package, the automated data recovery package configured, upon execution, to cause a computing device to recover at least a portion of a data storage environment implemented on the first set of computer hardware devices to the second set of computer hardware devices that is remote from the first set of computer hardware devices; and

store the automated data recovery package on first storage,

wherein the automated data recovery package is, at a second point in time later than the first point in time, accessed at the first storage and invoked for execution by one or more remotely-located processors, and

wherein execution of the automated data recovery package causes the one or more remotely-located processors to automatically execute the plurality of commands to completion.

13. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of claim 12, wherein the automatic execution is performed to completion without human intervention.

14. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of claim 12, wherein the automated data recovery package includes configuration parameters associated with the first data storage component, and wherein the configuration parameters are utilized to automatically configure the instance of the first data storage component that is installed on the at least one computing device of the second set of one or more computer hardware devices.

15. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of claim 12, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed, cause the one or more processors to:

access a database including executable versions of a set of available commands; and

extract, from the database, executable versions of the plurality of commands,

wherein to generate the automated data recovery package, the computer-executable instructions, when executed, cause the one or more processors to assemble the extracted executable versions to form the automated data recovery package.

16. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of claim 12, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed, cause the one or more processors to:

create a copy of configuration parameters that are associated with the first data storage component and are stored remotely from the first set of computer hardware devices,

wherein execution of the automated data recovery package causes the copy of the configuration parameters to be accessed and utilized to automatically configure the instance of the first data storage component that is installed on the at least one computing device of the second set of computer hardware devices.

17. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of claim 12, wherein the automated data recovery package comprises a listing of code segments, each of the code segments corresponding to one of the plurality of commands.