Using an enhanced data agent to restore backed up data across autonomous storage management systems
First Claim
1. A system for restoring a secondary copy of data generated in a first storage management system to a client of a second storage management system, the system comprising:
- a first storage manager for managing storage operations in a first storage management system;
a second storage manager for managing storage operations in a second storage management system which is mutually autonomous with the first storage management system;
a first storage device component of the first storage management system comprising a secondary copy of data generated in the first storage management system;
a secondary storage computing device comprising a media agent component of the first storage management system,wherein the media agent is associated with the first storage device and with the secondary copy of data;
a client computing device comprising a data agent and a registry key;
wherein the registry key is received from the second storage manager, andwherein the registry key associates the data agent with the first storage manager for restore operations originating in the first storage management system;
wherein the data agent is configured in both;
(a) a full-function client configuration in the second storage management system for participating in one or more storage operations managed by the second storage manager relative to data generated by the client computing device, and(b) a restore-only client configuration in the first storage management system,based at least in part on the registry key that associates the data agent with the first storage manager,wherein in the restore-only client configuration the data agent is configured to participate only in restore operations managed by the first storage manager relative to secondary copies of data stored in the first storage management system,including a restore operation in which the media agent and the data agent restore the secondary copy of data from the first storage device component of the first storage management system to at least one of the client computing device and a second data storage device in communication with the client computing device,wherein the restored secondary copy of data is accessible to the client computing device as primary data.
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Abstract
An exemplary system preserves the autonomy of two or more distinct storage management systems all the while enabling backed up data to be restored from a first storage management system (the “local system”) to a specially-configured client in a second storage management system (the “remote system”). For example, backed up data in the local system (e.g., a secondary copy of production data) may be transferred, in a restore operation, from secondary storage in the local storage management system, which originated the data, to a client of the remote storage management system (the “remote client”). As a specially-configured “restore-only client,” the remote client is limited to receiving backed up data from the local storage management system, via restore operation(s) managed by the local storage manager. The remote client remains a full-fledged client in its home system, the remote storage management system.
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19 Claims
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1. A system for restoring a secondary copy of data generated in a first storage management system to a client of a second storage management system, the system comprising:
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a first storage manager for managing storage operations in a first storage management system; a second storage manager for managing storage operations in a second storage management system which is mutually autonomous with the first storage management system; a first storage device component of the first storage management system comprising a secondary copy of data generated in the first storage management system; a secondary storage computing device comprising a media agent component of the first storage management system, wherein the media agent is associated with the first storage device and with the secondary copy of data; a client computing device comprising a data agent and a registry key; wherein the registry key is received from the second storage manager, and wherein the registry key associates the data agent with the first storage manager for restore operations originating in the first storage management system; wherein the data agent is configured in both; (a) a full-function client configuration in the second storage management system for participating in one or more storage operations managed by the second storage manager relative to data generated by the client computing device, and (b) a restore-only client configuration in the first storage management system, based at least in part on the registry key that associates the data agent with the first storage manager, wherein in the restore-only client configuration the data agent is configured to participate only in restore operations managed by the first storage manager relative to secondary copies of data stored in the first storage management system, including a restore operation in which the media agent and the data agent restore the secondary copy of data from the first storage device component of the first storage management system to at least one of the client computing device and a second data storage device in communication with the client computing device, wherein the restored secondary copy of data is accessible to the client computing device as primary data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for restoring a secondary copy of data generated in a first storage management system to a client of a second storage management system, the method comprising:
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storing, by a media agent that executes on a secondary storage computing device, a secondary copy of data that originated in the first storage management system to a first storage device associated with the media agent, wherein a first storage manager manages the storing and other storage operations in the first storage management system; executing a data agent on a client computing device; (a) in a full-function client configuration in the second storage management system, wherein in the full-function client configuration the client computing device is a source of data for storage operations in the second storage management system, and wherein a second storage manager manages the storage operations in the second storage management system which is mutually autonomous with the first storage management system, and also (b) in a restore-only client configuration in the first storage management system, based at least in part on a registry key, received from the second storage manager, that associates the data agent with the first storage manager for restore operations originating in the first storage management system, wherein in the restore-only client configuration the client computing device is a destination for restored data from the first storage management system and is not a source of data for storage operations in the first storage management system; and restoring the secondary copy of data from the first storage device in the first storage management system to at least one of the client computing device and a second data storage device in communication with the client computing device, wherein the restored secondary copy of data is accessible to the client computing device as primary data, and wherein, as managed by the first storage manager, the restoring operation is performed by the media agent in conjunction with the data agent in the restore-only client configuration. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A method for restoring a secondary copy of data generated in a first storage management system to a client of a second storage management system, the method comprising:
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storing, by a media agent that executes on a secondary storage computing device, a secondary copy of data that originated in the first storage management system to a first storage device associated with the media agent, wherein a first storage manager manages the storing and other storage operations in the first storage management system; executing a data agent on a client computing device; (a) in a full-function client configuration in the second storage management system, wherein in the full-function client configuration the client computing device is a source of data for storage operations in the second storage management system, and wherein a second storage manager manages the storage operations in the second storage management system which is mutually autonomous with the first storage management system, and also (b) in a restore-only client configuration in the first storage management system, based at least in part on an authentication certificate for authenticating communications between the client computing device and the first storage manager for restore operations originating in the first storage management system, wherein in the restore-only client configuration the client computing device is a destination for restored data from the first storage management system and is not a source of data for storage operations in the first storage management system; and restoring the secondary copy of data from the first storage device in the first storage management system to at least one of the client computing device and a second data storage device in communication with the client computing device, wherein the restored secondary copy of data is accessible to the client computing device as primary data, and wherein, as managed by the first storage manager, the restoring operation is performed by the media agent in conjunction with the data agent in the restore-only client configuration. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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