Cohesity, Inc.

Yu-Shen Ng

Nagapramod S Mandagere

Karandeep Singh Chawla

Anubhav Gupta

Subramanian Sethumadhavan

Jeffrey Howard

Naga Venkata Sai Indubhaskar Jupudi

Manvendra Singh Tomar

Manvendra Tomar Singh

Metadata associated with content stored in a corresponding primary storage system is received receiving from each secondary storage cluster of a plurality of different secondary storage clusters included in different storage domains. The metadata received from the plurality of different secondary storage clusters is stored and indexed together. A unified metadata search interface is provided for stored data of the corresponding primary storage systems and the plurality of different secondary storage clusters of the different storage domains.

Unified metadata search

A request to restore a plurality of files to a first storage system from a backup stored at a second storage system is received. Corresponding file relocation metadata for each of the plurality of files is provided to the first storage system. The corresponding file relocation metadata for each of the plurality of files enables accessibility of contents of the plurality of files at the first storage system without storing entire contents of the plurality of files at the first storage system. A corresponding full content version for at least one of the plurality of files that is to be utilized by the first storage system is provided to enable direct access at the first storage system to contents of the at least one of the plurality of files instead of utilizing corresponding file relocation metadata for the at least one of the plurality of files to access the contents of the at least one of the plurality of files.

Restoring a storage system using file relocation metadata

A copy of files of a primary storage system are stored at a secondary storage system. The metadata associated with the copy of the files of the primary storage system stored at the secondary storage system are analyzed to determine at least a portion of a hierarchical storage tier management plan for the primary storage system including by identifying one or more files to be migrated from a first tier of storage of the primary storage system to a different storage tier. An implementation of at least a portion of the hierarchical storage tier management plan is initiated.

Using a secondary storage system to implement a hierarchical storage management plan

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Yu-Shen Ng