Data storage management operations in a secondary storage subsystem using image recognition and image-based criteria

    公开(公告)号:US11321383B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-03

    申请号:US17068634

    申请日:2020-10-12

    Abstract: A data storage management system incorporates image recognition and classification features. The illustrative system generates thumbnail images to represent images detected in secondary copies. Subsequent image recognition and classification operations are based on the thumbnail images without need to access the secondary copies from which the thumbnails were derived. The system indexes thumbnail images and respective relationships to each other and to the source secondary copies. Metadata from the source secondary copies is extracted and preserved with the thumbnails. Thumbnail images, metadata, and related index data (collectively “thumbnail data”) are stored locally in an illustrative content index server, or in an enhanced storage manager, thus improving performance without interfering with ongoing storage management operations. Features are disclosed for searching within the system and performing storage management operations based on image criteria. Access to/from other systems is also possible, e.g., for importing images and/or thumbnails.

    Backup index generation process
    112.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11321180B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-03

    申请号:US16803285

    申请日:2020-02-27

    Abstract: Container images may be generated from a backup system that includes a backup of one or more applications from a computing system of an entity. During a backup process, an application can be identified and its storage location in a secondary storage can be tracked or saved in a backup index. Configuration information and data or files created by user interaction with the application can be backed up and the location of the backed up data or files may be stored in the backup index along with the location of the configuration information. Using the backup index, a container image can be created that includes a selected application, its configuration information, and data, if any, created by the application. The container image can be generated from the backup stored in the secondary storage.

    Management of internet of things devices

    公开(公告)号:US11294786B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-05

    申请号:US16875854

    申请日:2020-05-15

    Abstract: A method and system for communicating with IoT devices to gather information related to device failure or error(s) is disclosed. The system makes a copy of at least a portion of the device's non-volatile memory and/or receives IoT device data (e.g., sensor data and/or log files etc.) from an IoT device that recently failed. The system determines which log files and/or sensor data, for example, the IoT device created before and/or after a failure. After gathering this information, the system stores the information in a database, sends it to the IoT device manufacturer, for further analysis and diagnostics to troubleshoot the failure and send a fix or software update to the IoT device.

    Snapshot replication operations based on incremental block change tracking

    公开(公告)号:US11238064B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-01

    申请号:US16660540

    申请日:2019-10-22

    Abstract: A system according to certain aspects improves the process of performing snapshot replication operations (e.g., maintaining a mirror copy of primary data at a secondary location by generating snapshots of the primary data). The system can collect and maintain cumulative block-level changes to the primary data after each sub-interval of a plurality of sub-intervals between the snapshots. When a snapshot is generated, any changes to the primary data not reflected in the cumulative block-level changes are identified based on the snapshot and transmitted to the secondary location along with the cumulative block-level changes. By the time the snapshot is generated, some or all of the changes to the primary data associated with the given snapshot have already been included in the cumulative block-level changes, thereby reducing the time and computing resources spent to identify and collect the changes for transmission to the secondary location.

    PLATFORM-AGNOSTIC CONTAINERIZED APPLICATION DATA PROTECTION

    公开(公告)号:US20210271565A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-02

    申请号:US17037422

    申请日:2020-09-29

    Abstract: Certain embodiments described herein relate to an improved information management system that can perform platform-agnostic containerized application data protection. In one embodiment, the information management system receives a user's credentials to a container orchestrator along with an indication of whether or not to deploy a backup pod. Using the user credentials, the information management system accesses the container orchestrator, and if the user has requested deployment of a backup pod on the user's cluster, the information management system may do so using a backup pod specification and allow the backup pod to perform data protection operations, using a platform-agnostic interface (e.g., container storage interface), for application data accessible by the user applications on the user's pod on the user's cluster. Alternatively, if the user has not requested deployment of a backup pod, the information management system may perform data protection operations using provider-specific interface.

    Block-level data replication
    117.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11042318B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-22

    申请号:US16525283

    申请日:2019-07-29

    Abstract: Certain embodiments described herein relate to an improved block-level replication system. One or more components in an information management system may receive a request to perform a block-level replication between a source storage device and a destination storage device, and depending on the specific replication mode requested, (i) store block-level changes directly to the destination storage device or (ii) first to a recovery point store and then later to the destination storage device.

    FILE INDEXING FOR VIRTUAL MACHINE BACKUPS IN A DATA STORAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20210034597A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-04

    申请号:US17075001

    申请日:2020-10-20

    Abstract: An illustrative file indexing approach enhances what was previously possible with hypervisor-free live browsing of virtual machine (VM) block-level backup copies. Capabilities are described for indexing files discovered in VM block-level backup copies, including file content. The illustrative file indexing functionality activates a live-browse session to discover files present within VM block-level backup copies and indexes file names and directory structures as created by an original source VM, resulting in an illustrative file index. The illustrative file indexing functionality optionally indexes file contents within VM block-level backup copies, resulting in an illustrative content index. The file index and content index are retained in persistent data structure(s) stored apart from the VM block-level backup copies. The indexes are searchable without mounting or live-browsing the VM block-level backup copies. In some embodiments the file index and the content index are consolidated. An enhanced storage manager is also disclosed.

    CROSS-HYPERVISOR LIVE MOUNT OF BACKED UP VIRTUAL MACHINE DATA, INCLUDING MANAGEMENT OF CACHE STORAGE FOR VIRTUAL MACHINE DATA

    公开(公告)号:US20200241908A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-30

    申请号:US16262753

    申请日:2019-01-30

    Abstract: Illustrative systems and methods enable a virtual machine (“VM”) to be powered up at any hypervisor regardless of hypervisor type, based on live-mounting VM data that was originally backed up into a hypervisor-independent format by a block-level backup operation. Afterwards, the backed up VM executes anywhere anytime without needing to find a hypervisor that is the same as or compatible with the original source VM's hypervisor. The backed up VM payload data is rendered portable to any virtualized platform. Thus, a VM can be powered up at one or more test stations, data center or cloud recovery environments, and/or backup appliances, without the prior-art limitations of finding a same/compatible hypervisor for accessing and using backed up VM data. An illustrative media agent maintains cache storage that acts as a way station for data blocks retrieved from an original backup copy, and stores data blocks written by the live-mounted VM.

    Migration to cloud storage from backup

    公开(公告)号:US10404799B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-03

    申请号:US15400753

    申请日:2017-01-06

    Abstract: According to certain aspects, a system may include one or more first computing devices in communication with a remote computing system over a wide area network (WAN), configured to initiate a data protection operation to create a secondary copy of production data generated by a first application; store in association with the secondary copy one or more computing parameters associated with hosting of the first application; compare characteristics associated with a plurality of differently appointed computing resources to provision within the remote computing system with the computing parameters; select one of the differently appointed computing resources to provision based at least in part on the comparison; request the remote computing system to provision an instance of the selected computing resource within the remote computing system; and restore at least a portion of the secondary copy of the production data generated by the first application to the remote computing system.

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