Emc IP Holding Company LLC

Emc Corporation

Dorota Zak

Adrian Dobrean

Michael Roche

Lena Protasov

Olga Kundzich

Thomas Papadakis

Vladimir Mandic

Yasemin Ugur-Ozekinci

Kenneth William Owens

Suavek Zajac

Enabling separation of database administrator and backup administrator roles is described. A backup catalog and a database schema are queried to identify backup information associated with a backup file stored on a disk. A clone copy of the backup file is created. The clone copy is stored on an external destination node including an external disk and/or a tape, based on the backup information. The clone copy may be recovered from the external destination node based on the backup information and restored to a database in response to a determination that the backup file is at least one of corrupted and absent from the disk.

Method and system for enabling separation of database administrator and backup administrator roles

Embodiments are described for improved management of backed up data from a client device to a storage device. The storage device may be coupled to a backup server across a network. A backup of data from an application on a client device to a storage device may fail while the backup is in progress. Systems and methods described herein can detect and remove incomplete backups. Systems and methods described herein can also scan for, and delete, save sets of a backups within a specified time interval. Systems and methods described herein can update metadata that describes existing backup data so that existing backups may be used with an updated or changed application software.

Method and system to reclaim disk space by deleting save sets of a backup

Described is a system and method that provides a mechanism for retrieving data from a storage system using one or more techniques. These techniques may be used in a storage configuration that stores backup or recovery data that may be retrieved by an application agent (e.g. intermediary service) in response to a query from a first device (e.g. client device). When data is stored as backup or recovery data, configurations often employ more cost effective (e.g. lower performance) storage solutions. Accordingly, in order to improve retrieval performance, the system may efficiently cache data. For example, the system may store search data from previous queries in a cache associated with the application agent (e.g. local storage) such that subsequent queries may be fulfilled, at least partially, by searching the cached search data instead of the data residing on the remote backup or recovery storage system.

Efficient caching and configuration for retrieving data from a storage system

Method and system to detect and delete uncommitted save sets of a backup

Method and system for managing metadata records of backups

Systems and methods for backing up a client or a client's data are disclosed. A client is configured with an agent that enables data of the client to be backed up to a device without a backup server. Indexing information is also stored with the backup.

Client based backups and backup indexing

A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for efficiently backing up information are disclosed. In some embodiments, this may comprise determining a probe frequency, polling, at the probe frequency, at least one probe to obtain information about a computer system, and backing up data based on the information. In some embodiments, determining the probe frequency includes receiving a user-defined interval.

Probe based backup

A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for efficiently backing up information are disclosed. In an embodiment, this may comprise receiving information about a computer system from at least one probe, selecting data to be backed up, and backing up the selected data. Boolean and/or conditional logic may be applied to the information received from the probes, and data backed up based on the logic analysis. A probe frequency may be determined and used for polling probes, and the probe frequency may be adjusted based on factors such as the received information, server utilization, and network utilization. A modular approach may be used in which a probe determines whether a condition has been met, and transmits that determination to a backup server.

Multi-factor probe triggers

Probe based group selection

A programmatic method for automatically backing up and restoring an integrated database system including a Lotus Notes/Domino loosely structured database and a linked DB2 relational database that stores data mapped from the Domino database. The method includes integrated first and second client application programs running on server hosts for backup and recovery of the Domino and DB2 databases that communicate with the database managers for the databases using client application APIs. Backup and recovery of the integrated linked databases is controlled by the client application associated with the Domino database.

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Dorota Zak