Disaster recovery on dissimilar hardware
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- performing a disaster recovery restore process on a target computing device;
accessing, over a computer network, a backup server;
selecting a source backup from the backup server, the source backup comprising at least one volume, at least one file and at least one device driver of a source computing device from which the source backup was created;
installing the selected source backup in an offline partition of the target computing device;
installing at least one target device driver in the offline partition; and
rebooting the target computing device to complete the disaster recovery restore process on the target computing device.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method may comprise performing a disaster recovery restore process on a target computing device; accessing a backup server; and selecting a source backup from the backup server. The source backup may comprise one or more volumes, partitions, files and device drivers of a source computing device from which the source backup was created. The selected source backup may then be installed in an offline partition of the target computing device. One or more target device drivers may then be installed in the offline partition. To complete the disaster recovery restore process on the target computing device, the target computing device may then be rebooted. Both the backup of the source computing device and the active partition of the target device may comprise source computing device-dependent hardware device drivers. When carried out in a Windows® environment, Sysprep need not be used and the kernel need not be modified.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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performing a disaster recovery restore process on a target computing device; accessing, over a computer network, a backup server; selecting a source backup from the backup server, the source backup comprising at least one volume, at least one file and at least one device driver of a source computing device from which the source backup was created; installing the selected source backup in an offline partition of the target computing device; installing at least one target device driver in the offline partition; and rebooting the target computing device to complete the disaster recovery restore process on the target computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computing device restored as a result of a disaster recovery process, comprising:
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a processor; non-volatile memory coupled to the processor; volatile memory coupled to the processor; and an active partition loaded into the volatile memory, the active partition having been generated from an offline partition stored in the non-volatile memory and comprising at least one volume, at least one file and at least one hardware device driver originating from a selected backup of a source computing device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A machine-readable medium having data stored thereon representing sequences of instructions which, when executed by a computing device, causes the computing device to:
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perform a disaster recovery restore process on a target computing device; access, over a computer network, a backup server; select a source backup from the backup server, the source backup comprising at least one volume, at least one file and at least one device driver of a source computing device from which the source backup was created; install the selected source backup in an offline partition of the target computing device; install at least one target device driver in the offline partition; and reboot the target computing device to complete the disaster recovery restore process on the target computing device.
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18. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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performing a disaster recovery restore process on a target computing device; accessing, over a computer network, a backup server; selecting a source backup from the backup server, the source backup comprising at least one volume, at least one file and at least one device driver of a source computing device from which the source backup was created; installing the selected source backup in an offline partition of the target computing device; installing at least one target device driver in the offline partition; and rebooting the target computing device twice to complete the disaster recovery restore process on the target computing device.
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19. A computing device restored as a result of a disaster recovery process, comprising:
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a processor; non-volatile memory coupled to the processor; volatile memory coupled to the processor; and an active partition loaded into the volatile memory, the active partition having been generated from an offline partition stored in the non-volatile memory and comprising at least one volume, at least one file and at least one hardware device driver originating from a selected backup of a source computing device, wherein the at least one hardware device driver originating from the selected backup of the source computing device in the active partition is not configured to operate or control any hardware device in the computing device.
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20. A computing device restored as a result of a disaster recovery process, comprising:
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a processor; non-volatile memory coupled to the processor; volatile memory coupled to the processor; and an active partition, created following rebooting the computing device twice, loaded into the volatile memory, the active partition having been generated from an offline partition stored in the non-volatile memory and comprising at least one volume, at least one file and at least one hardware device driver originating from a selected backup of a source computing device.
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