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

• US 8,140,604 B2
• Filed: 06/24/2010
• Issued: 03/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Sen, Vijay, Berkowitz, Brian T., Baid, Sushil, Pai, Sunil, Anand, Karandeep Singh, Ali, Abid, Ingen, Catharine Van, Badami, Vinay, Duddi, Suresh P.
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, KIM T
• Application Number:
  US12/823,076
• Publication Number:
  US 20100262583A1
• Time in Patent Office: 635 Days
• Field of Search: 707/821, 707/829
• US Class Current: 707/821
• 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 in a computing device for allocating media items of a media pool, the media items for archiving data by father job and son jobs, a father job having a father cycle and son jobs of a father job having a son cycle that is within the father cycle, the method comprising:

receiving a request to allocate a media item for a job;

when a job collocation intent has been specified, allocating for each task of the job the same media item;

when a sons collocation intent has been specified, allocating for each task of each son job of the same father job the same media item; and

when a father/sons collocation intent has been specified, allocating for each task of a father job and each task of the son jobs of that father job the same media item;

wherein when a collocation intent is specified and the job is a replacement job replacing an original job that failed to complete, allocating the same media item as was allocated to the tasks of the original job that was replaced.

2. The method of claim 1 including when no collocation intent has been specified, allocating for each task of the job a new media item.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein when the job collocation has been specified, allocating for a first task of the job a new media item.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein when a recycle intent has been specified, allocating as the new media item that is a recycled media item.

5. The method of claim 3 wherein when a recycle intent has not been specified, allocating as the new media item a media item that is obtained from a pool of free media items.

6. A computer-readable storage device containing computer-executable instructions for controlling a computing device to allocate media items of a media pool, the media items for archiving data by father job and son jobs, by a method comprising:

when a job collocation intent has been specified,

allocating for a first task of a job a new media item by

when a recycle intent has been specified, allocating as the new media item a media item that is a recycled media item; and

when a recycle intent has not been specified, allocating as the new media item a media item that is obtained from the media pool of free media items; and

allocating for each subsequent task of the job the same media item;

when a sons collocation intent has been specified, allocating for each task of each son job of the same father job the same media item;

when a father/sons collocation intent has been specified, allocating for each task of a father job and each task of the son jobs of that father job the same media item; and

when no collocation intent has been specified, allocating for each task of the job a new media item.

7. The computer-readable storage device of claim 6 including when a collocation intent is specified and the job is a replacement job, allocating the same media item as was allocated to the tasks of the original job that was replaced.

8. The computer-readable storage device of claim 7 wherein the replacement job replaces an original job that failed to complete.

9. A computing device for allocating media items of a media pool, the media items for archiving data by father job and son jobs, the computing device comprising:

a memory storing computer-executable instructions of;

a component that, when a job collocation intent has been specified, allocates for a first task of a job a new media item by

when a recycle intent has been specified, allocating as the new media item a medium item that is a recycled media item; and

when a recycle intent has not been specified, allocating as the new media item a media item that is obtained from the media pool of free media items; and

allocates for each subsequent task of the job the same media item; and

a component that, when a sons collocation intent has been specified, allocates for each task of each son job of the same father job the same media item; and

a processor that executes the computer-executable instructions stored in the memory.

10. The computing device of claim 9 including a component that when no collocation intent has been specified, allocates for each task of the job a new media item.

11. The computing device of claim 10 including a component that, when no collocation intent has been specified, allocates for each task of the job a new media item.

12. The computing device of claim 11 including a component that, when a collocation intent is specified and the job is a replacement job, allocates the same media item as was allocated to the tasks of the original job that was replaced.

13. The computing device of claim 12 wherein the replacement job replaces an original job that failed to complete.