Method, system, and apparatus for creating an archive routine for protecting data in a data protection system

• US 7,769,709 B2
• Filed: 09/09/2004
• Issued: 08/03/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Duddi, Suresh P, Badami, Vinay, Sen, Vijay, Anand, Karandeep Singh, van Ingen, Catharine, Pai, Sunil, Berkowitz, Brian T, Ali, Abid, Baid, Sushil
• Primary Examiner(s): Wong; Don
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen; Kim T
• Application Number:
  US10/937,651
• Publication Number:
  US 20060053178A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,154 Days
• Field of Search: 707/10, 707/200, 707/202, 707/204, 707/667, 707/674, 707/686
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1448 Management of the data involved in backup or backup restore
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1458 Management of the backup or restore process
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1461 Backup scheduling policy
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1469 Backup restoration techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/604 Tools and structures for managing or administering access control systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99953 Recoverability
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99955 Archiving or backup

Abstract

A method for creating an archive protection plan for archiving a backup of data is provided. An indication of an archive data protection kind and an archive data protection duration are received. In response to receiving the archive data protection kind and the archive data protection duration, an archive scheme is determined and an archive protection plan representative of the archive scheme is generated.

Claims

1. A method for creating an archive protection plan for archiving a backup of data, comprising:

obtaining a selection of namespace elements and a protection intent, the protection intent including an indication of an archive data protection kind and an archive data protection duration for the selected namespace elements, each namespace element providing a logical representation of a protectable object, each namespace element being used to locate at least one protectable object, each namespace element including one of the following;

a distributed file system link, a server, a share, a volume, a folder, and an exchange storage group, wherein the protection intent is selected by a user from a plurality of protection intent templates having default properties, the protection intent template properties comprising commands expressed in verbs, each protection intent template providing a capability for the user to modify its default properties;

mapping the namespace elements to the protectable objects;

generating a protected group, the protected group comprising a logical grouping of namespace elements and associated protectable objects to which the data protection kind and the data protection duration apply;

translating the selected protection intent into an archive scheme by turning the protection intent template properties into corresponding actions;

allocating resources necessary for the protected group;

creating a checkpoint indicating a completion of allocation of resources; and

generating an archive protection plan representative of the archive scheme.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving scheduling intentions for the archive protection plan.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing the archive scheme;

receiving overrides to the archive scheme;

modifying the archive scheme; and

wherein the generated archive protection plan is representative of the modified archive scheme.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the archive protection plan includes a resource plan, preparation plan, and a protection plan.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the archive data protection kind is on-site data protection.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the archive data protection kind is off-site data protection.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the archive data protection kind is on-site data protection and off-site data protection.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the archive data protection duration is years.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the determined archive scheme comprises:

a yearly full backup of the data;

a monthly full backup of the data;

a weekly full backup of the data; and

a daily partial backup of the data.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the yearly full backup is maintained on-site for a predetermined period of time and subsequently maintained off-site for a predetermined period of time.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the monthly full backup is maintained on-site for a predetermined period of time and subsequently maintained off-site for a predetermined period of time.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the weekly full backup is maintained on-site for a predetermined period of time and subsequently maintained off-site for a predetermined period of time.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the daily partial backup is maintained on-site for a predetermined period of time.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the yearly full backup is maintained on-site for a predetermined period of time and subsequently maintained off-site for a predetermined period of time;

wherein the monthly full backup is maintained on-site for a predetermined period of time and subsequently maintained off-site for a predetermined period of time;

wherein the weekly full backup is maintained on-site for a predetermined period of time and subsequently maintained off-site for a predetermined period of time; and

wherein the daily partial backup is maintained on-site for a predetermined period of time.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the yearly backup of data, the monthly backup of data, the weekly backup of data, and the daily backup of data are stored on at least a portion of a same item of media.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the archive data protection duration is months.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the determined archive scheme comprises:

a monthly backup of the data;

a weekly backup of the data; and

a daily backup of the data.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the monthly backup is maintained on-site for a predetermined period of time and subsequently maintained off-site for a predetermined period of time.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the weekly backup is maintained on-site for a predetermined period of time and subsequently maintained off-site for a predetermined period of time.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the daily backup is maintained on-site for a predetermined period of time;

and

wherein the daily backup is a partial backup.

21. The method of claim 17, wherein the monthly backup is maintained on-site for a predetermined period of time and subsequently maintained off-site for a predetermined period of time;

wherein the weekly backup is maintained on-site for a predetermined period of time and subsequently maintained off-site for a predetermined period of time; and

wherein the daily backup is maintained on-site for a predetermined period of time.

22. The method of claim 1, wherein the archive data protection duration is weeks.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the determined archive scheme comprises:

a weekly full backup of the data; and

a daily partial backup of the data.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the weekly full backup is maintained on-site for a predetermined period of time and subsequently maintained off-site for a predetermined period of time.

25. The method of claim 23, wherein the daily partial backup is maintained on-site for a predetermined period.

26. The method of claim 23, wherein the weekly full backup is maintained on-site for a predetermined period of time and subsequently maintained off-site for a predetermined period of time;

and

wherein the daily partial backup is maintained on-site for a predetermined period of time.

27. The method of claim 1, wherein the archive data protection duration is days.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein the determined archive scheme comprises:

a daily full backup of the data.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein the daily full backup is maintained on-site for a predetermined period of time and subsequently maintained off-site for a predetermined period of time.

30. The method of claim 1, wherein the archive protection plan includes, generating a full backup and a partial backup.

31. The method of claim 1, further including receiving an indication of a data protection format.

32. The method of claim 31, wherein the data protection format is incremental.

33. The method of claim 31, wherein the data protection format is differential.

34. The method of claim 31, wherein the data protection format is full.