Symantec Operating Corporation

Symantec Corporation

Veritas Technologies LLC

Mark Nicolini

Suren Sethumadhavan

Check A Sabjan

Ynn-Pyng Tsaur

Gregory Robert Dowers, Ii

Steven R DeVos

Kirk Hartmann Freiheit

Anthony T Orling

Lokesha B Krishnamurthy

Terrence Asgar-Deen

John W Alexander

Eric W Shaffer

Rick A Wildes

John E Slawsky

A computer-implemented method for facilitating features of system recovery environments during restore operations may include (1) identifying an automated backup tool capable of backing up system state data of a computing system, (2) detecting a backup operation performed on the computing system, (3) determining, during the backup operation, that the computing system includes (i) a boot volume that supports an operating system of the computing system and (ii) at least one separate recovery volume that facilitates the use of at least one feature of a system recovery environment, and then (4) directing the automated backup tool to back up the separate recovery volume as system state data to enable the system recovery environment to provide the feature based at least in part on the separate recovery volume during a restore of the computing system. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Systems and methods for facilitating features of system recovery environments during restore operations

A system, method, and medium for automatically identifying, protecting, and recovering the critical services and components of a server. A backup application detects a request to perform a backup operation. In response, the backup application performs a discovery process to identify the critical services and components of a server. The backup application includes a user interface to display the critical services and components to an administrator. The critical services and components are then backed up to a backup storage device. The collection of critical services and components can then be recovered to a target server when a recovery operation is needed.

Simplified system backup protection and recovery

A method and apparatus for creating and using a snapshot in data backup and/or other data services. The method creates snapshot(s) of volume(s) using a select set of Snapshot Providers, transports the snapshots to a server for processing and processes the snapshots. Processing may include creating a backup, data mining the snapshot, and the like.

Method and apparatus for improving the utilization of snapshots of server data storage volumes

A method for efficient backup and restore using metadata mapping comprises maintaining a first backup aggregation associated with a primary data object of a primary host at a secondary host, wherein the first backup aggregation includes a first backup version of the primary data object stored within a secondary data object at the secondary host. The method further comprises generating a second backup aggregation, wherein the second backup aggregation includes a second backup version of the primary data object and a backup metadata object corresponding to the secondary data object. The backup metadata object includes a pointer to the second backup version. The method may further comprise restoring the secondary data object, wherein said restoring comprises using the pointer to access the second backup version of the primary data object to restore at least a portion of the secondary data object.

Efficient backup and restore using metadata mapping

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Orlando, FL, United States of America

Mark Nicolini