Comm Vault Systems, Inc.

Anup Kumar

Jun H Ahn

Rahul S Pawar

Henry Wallace Dornemann

Manas Bhikchand Mutha

Brahmaiah Vallabhaneni

Waqas Ashraf

An information management system according to certain aspects may be configured to generate a snapshot of data relating to a plurality of applications. The system may include a plurality of data agents, wherein each data agent is associated with at least one of a plurality of applications, and data generated by the plurality of applications is stored in a logical volume in primary storage. The system may also include a snapshot manager configured to detect the plurality of applications; check with the plurality of data agents whether the associated applications are in consistent states; obtain a snapshot of the logical volume in response to receiving notifications from the plurality of data agents that the associated applications are in consistent states; and generate mapping information between a particular one of the plurality of applications and a portion of the snapshot relating to the particular one of the plurality of applications.

Single snapshot for multiple applications

Rather than relying on pre-defined scheduling of secondary copy operations such as backup jobs, the illustrative opportunistic approach initiates secondary copy operations based on changing operational conditions in a storage management system. An adaptive backup readiness score is based on a number of backup-readiness operational factors. An illustrative enhanced data agent which is associated with the target database application (or other executable component) may monitor the operational factors and determine the backup readiness score based on weights assigned to the respective operational factors. The enhanced data agent may evaluate recent backup jobs to determine which of the operational factors that contributed to the backup readiness score may have been most relevant. Based on the most-relevant analysis, the enhanced data agent may adapt the weights assigned to the monitored operational factors, so that the backup readiness score may be more suitable and responsive to ongoing operational conditions in the system.

Opportunistic execution of secondary copy operations

An information management system according certain aspects may be configured to generate a snapshot of data relating to a plurality of applications. The system may include first and second data agents associated with first and second applications, respectively. The system may also include a snapshot manager configured to: in response to receiving notifications from the first and second data agents that the first and second applications are in consistent states: obtain a snapshot of the logical volume including data generated by the first and second applications; generate mapping information between the first application and a portion of the snapshot relating to the first application based at least in part on metadata obtained by the first data agent; and generate mapping information between the second application and a portion of the snapshot relating to the second application based at least in part on metadata obtained by the second data agent.

Generating mapping information for single snapshot for multiple applications

An information management system according to certain aspects may be configured to generate a snapshot of data relating to a plurality of applications. Data generated by the plurality of applications may be stored in a logical volume in primary storage. The system may include a plurality of data agents including a database data agent associated with a database application that can be configured to back up one or more log files of a database log separately from data of the database application. The system may also include a snapshot manager configured to: in response to receiving notifications from the plurality of data agents that the associated applications are in consistent states, obtain a snapshot of the logical volume; generate mapping information between a particular application of the plurality of applications and a portion of the snapshot relating to the particular application; and truncate the database log of the database application.

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