Disaster recovery—multiple restore options and automatic management of restored computing devices
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method of performing a disaster recovery restore process on a target computing device, the computer-implemented method comprising:
- accessing, by the target computing device over a computer network, a backup service;
selecting, by the target computing device, a source backup from the backup service, the source backup comprising at least one volume of a source computing device from which the source backup was created, the source computing device being associated with a first hostname and a first network address;
selecting, by the target computing device, one of a plurality of available disaster recovery options, the plurality of available disaster recovery options comprising at least two of;
(i) restoring the target computing device using the selected source backup and configuring the target computing device with the first hostname and the first network address;
(ii) restoring the target computing device using the selected source backup and configuring the target computing device with the first hostname and a second network address that is different from the first network address;
(iii) restoring the target computing device using the selected source backup and configuring the target computing device with the first network address and a second hostname that is different from the first hostname; and
(iv) restoring the target computing device using the selected source backup and configuring the target computing device with a second hostname that is different from the first hostname and a second network address that is different from the first network address; and
restoring the target computing device according to the selected disaster recovery option.
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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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26 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method of performing a disaster recovery restore process on a target computing device, the computer-implemented method comprising:
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accessing, by the target computing device over a computer network, a backup service; selecting, by the target computing device, a source backup from the backup service, the source backup comprising at least one volume of a source computing device from which the source backup was created, the source computing device being associated with a first hostname and a first network address; selecting, by the target computing device, one of a plurality of available disaster recovery options, the plurality of available disaster recovery options comprising at least two of; (i) restoring the target computing device using the selected source backup and configuring the target computing device with the first hostname and the first network address; (ii) restoring the target computing device using the selected source backup and configuring the target computing device with the first hostname and a second network address that is different from the first network address; (iii) restoring the target computing device using the selected source backup and configuring the target computing device with the first network address and a second hostname that is different from the first hostname; and (iv) restoring the target computing device using the selected source backup and configuring the target computing device with a second hostname that is different from the first hostname and a second network address that is different from the first network address; and restoring the target computing device according to the selected disaster recovery option. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having data stored thereon representing sequences of instructions which, when executed by a target computing device, cause the target computing device to:
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access, over a computer network, a backup service; select a source backup from the backup service, the source backup comprising at least one volume of a source computing device from which the source backup was created, the source computing device being associated with a first hostname and a first Internet Protocol (IP) address; select one of a plurality of available disaster recovery options, the plurality of available disaster recovery options comprising at least two of; (i) restore a target computing device using the selected source backup and configure the target computing device with the first hostname and the first IP address; (ii) restore the target computing device using the selected source backup and configure the target computing device with the first hostname and a second IP address that is different from the first IP address; (iii) restore the target computing device using the selected source backup and configure the target computing device with the first IP address and a second hostname that is different from the first hostname; and (iv) restore the target computing device using the selected source backup and configure the target computing device with a second hostname that is different from the first hostname and a second IP address that is different from the first IP address; and restore the target computing device according to the selected disaster recovery option. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A backup server for performing a disaster recovery restore process on a target computing device, the backup server comprising:
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a processor; a memory coupled to the processor, the memory being configured to store a plurality of source backups, each of the plurality of source backup comprising at least one volume of a source computing device from which the source backup was created, the source computing device being associated with a first hostname and a first Internet Protocol (IP) address; and an interface coupled to the processor, the interface being configured to receive, from a target computing device over a computer network, a selected one of a plurality of available disaster recovery options, the plurality of available disaster recovery options comprising at least two of; (i) restore a target computing device using the selected source backup and configure the target computing device with the first hostname and the first IP address; (ii) restore the target computing device using the selected source backup and configure the target computing device with the first hostname and a second IP address that is different from the first IP address; (iii) restore the target computing device using the selected source backup and configure the target computing device with the first IP address and a second hostname that is different from the first hostname; and (iv) restore the target computing device using the selected source backup and configure the target computing device with a second hostname that is different from the first hostname and a second IP address that is different from the first IP address; wherein the processor is configured to restore the target computing device over the computer network according to the selected disaster recovery option. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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