Information management by a media agent in the absence of communications with a storage manager
First Claim
1. A system for protecting data while a storage manager is out of communication with other components in the system, the system comprising:
- a first computing device for hosting a storage manager;
a secondary storage device;
a secondary storage computing device in communication with (i) the secondary storage device and (ii) a client computing device, the secondary storage computing device comprising;
executable logic, andmanagement parameters received from the storage manager in anticipation of the secondary storage computing device being out of communication with the storage manager;
wherein, based at least in part on the executable logic and one or more of the management parameters,the secondary storage computing device is configured to autonomously initiate and manage an information management job relative to primary data accessible to the client computing device,while out of communication with the storage manager and without being directed by the storage manager or by any other storage manager, andwhile the client computing device is also out of communication with the storage manager, andwherein the information management job comprises a secondary copy operation for a portion of the primary data accessible to the client computing device; and
wherein, based at least in part on the executable logic, the secondary storage computing device is further configured to transmit to the storage manager after communications between the secondary storage computing device and the storage manager resume, metadata that is based on the information management job.
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Abstract
A media agent is configured to perform substantially autonomously to initiate, continue, and manage information management operations such as a backup job of a certain client'"'"'s primary data, manage the operations, and generate and store resultant system-level metadata from the operations, etc. The media agent is configured to do this even when out of communication with the storage manager that manages the information management system. When communications are restored, the media agent reports the relevant metadata to the storage manager such that the storage manager may seamlessly integrate the information into its management information infrastructure.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for protecting data while a storage manager is out of communication with other components in the system, the system comprising:
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a first computing device for hosting a storage manager; a secondary storage device; a secondary storage computing device in communication with (i) the secondary storage device and (ii) a client computing device, the secondary storage computing device comprising; executable logic, and management parameters received from the storage manager in anticipation of the secondary storage computing device being out of communication with the storage manager; wherein, based at least in part on the executable logic and one or more of the management parameters, the secondary storage computing device is configured to autonomously initiate and manage an information management job relative to primary data accessible to the client computing device, while out of communication with the storage manager and without being directed by the storage manager or by any other storage manager, and while the client computing device is also out of communication with the storage manager, and wherein the information management job comprises a secondary copy operation for a portion of the primary data accessible to the client computing device; and wherein, based at least in part on the executable logic, the secondary storage computing device is further configured to transmit to the storage manager after communications between the secondary storage computing device and the storage manager resume, metadata that is based on the information management job. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An information management system comprising:
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a first computing device for hosting a storage manager for managing the information management system; a secondary storage device; a secondary storage computing device in communication with (i) the secondary storage device and (ii) a client computing device, the secondary storage computing device comprising; executable logic, and management parameters received from the storage manager in anticipation of the secondary storage computing device being out of communication with the storage manager; wherein, based at least in part on the executable logic and one or more of the management parameters, the secondary storage computing device is configured to initiate and manage without being directed by the storage manager or by any other storage manager, while one or both of the secondary storage computing device and the client computing device are out of communication with the storage manager, an information management job to make one or more secondary copies, to be stored to the secondary storage device, of at least a portion of primary data that is accessible to the client computing device; wherein, based at least in part on the executable logic, the secondary storage computing device is further configured to transmit to the storage manager after communications thereto resume metadata that is based on the information management job. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method comprising:
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generating primary data by a client computing device, wherein the client computing device is a component of an information management system managed by a storage manager which is hosted by a first computing device; and initiating and managing, by a secondary storage computing device, while out of communication with the storage manager, and without being directed by the storage manager or by any other storage manager, an information management job to protect a portion of the primary data, wherein the initiating and managing are based on an information management policy previously received by the secondary storage computing device from the storage manager in anticipation of the secondary storage computing device being out of communication with the storage manager; and wherein the initiating and managing, by the secondary storage computing device, comprises; instructing the client computing device to transmit the portion of primary data to the secondary storage computing device, generating at least one secondary copy based on the portion of primary data, storing the at least one secondary copy to one or more secondary storage devices in communication with the secondary storage computing device, and generating metadata comprising information about the information management job. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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