Systems and methods of unified reconstruction in storage systems
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1. A system for maintaining metadata in an electronic storage network comprising:
- primary data stored on at least a first storage device;
at least a first and second media agents that create at least secondary copies of first and second portions of the primary data on at least a second storage device, the first media agent creates a first set of metadata that is stored in a first metadata storage device, and the second media agent creates a second set of metadata that is stored in a second metadata storage device;
a centralized metadata storage device that stores at least a copy of the first set of metadata and a copy of the second set of metadata, wherein the centralized metadata storage device is different than the first and second metadata storage devices; and
at least one storage management component that;
associates the first media agent with the copy of the first set of metadata stored in the centralized metadata storage device;
associates the second media agent with the copy of the second set of metadata stored in the centralized metadata storage device; and
reconstructs a loss of the portion of the first set of metadata on the first metadata storage device using the copy of the first set of metadata stored on the centralized metadata storage device based on the association of the copy of the first set of metadata with the first media agent.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for reconstructing unified data in an electronic storage network are provided which may include the identification and use of metadata stored centrally within the system. The metadata may be generated by a group of storage operation cells during storage operations within the network. The unified metadata is used to reconstruct data throughout the storage operation cells that may be missing, deleted or corrupt.
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1. A system for maintaining metadata in an electronic storage network comprising:
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primary data stored on at least a first storage device; at least a first and second media agents that create at least secondary copies of first and second portions of the primary data on at least a second storage device, the first media agent creates a first set of metadata that is stored in a first metadata storage device, and the second media agent creates a second set of metadata that is stored in a second metadata storage device; a centralized metadata storage device that stores at least a copy of the first set of metadata and a copy of the second set of metadata, wherein the centralized metadata storage device is different than the first and second metadata storage devices; and at least one storage management component that; associates the first media agent with the copy of the first set of metadata stored in the centralized metadata storage device; associates the second media agent with the copy of the second set of metadata stored in the centralized metadata storage device; and reconstructs a loss of the portion of the first set of metadata on the first metadata storage device using the copy of the first set of metadata stored on the centralized metadata storage device based on the association of the copy of the first set of metadata with the first media agent. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for maintaining and restoring metadata in an electronic storage network which includes a client computer networked to at least another client computer or a server, comprising:
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copying with at least first and second media agents comprising computer hardware, first and second portions of primary data stored on at least a first storage device to at least a second storage device to create at least secondary copies of the first and second portions of the primary data on the second storage device, wherein a first media agent creates a first set of metadata that is stored in a first metadata storage device, and wherein the second media agent creates a second set of metadata that is stored in a second metadata storage device; copying the first and second sets of metadata to a centralized metadata storage device to create a copy of the first set of metadata and a copy of the second set of metadata on the centralized metadata storage device, wherein the centralized metadata storage device is different than the first and second metadata storage devices; and associating the first media agent with the copy of the first set of metadata stored in the centralized storage device; associating the second media agent with the copy of the second set of metadata stored in the centralized metadata storage device; reconstructing the loss of the portion of the first set of metadata on the first metadata storage device using the copy of the first set of metadata stored on the centralized metadata storage device based on the association of the copy of the first set of metadata with the first media agent. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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