System and method for generating and managing quick recovery volumes
View Patent ↗The invention relates to computer readable medium storing program code which when executed on a computer causes the computer to perform a method for creating a quick recovery volume of a primary data set used by a first computer in a backup storage system, which includes identifying a snapshot image of the primary data set generated by a snapshot application, creating the quick recovery volume of the primary data set from the snapshot image of the primary data set and controlling transfer of data from the first computer to an archival storage unit. In one embodiment, the invention provides a method for creating a quick recovery volume of a primary data set that includes creating a snapshot image of the primary data set and creating a quick recovery volume of the primary data set from the snapshot image of the primary data set. In another embodiment, the invention provides a user interface screen enabling browser style browsing and recovery of quick recovery volumes and snapshot images.
1. A computer readable medium storing programming code, which when executed causes a computer to present a snapshot manager that interfaces with a backup storage system, the snapshot manager enabling users to browse snapshot images and enabling users to recover snapshot images stored in the backup storage system, wherein the snapshot manager interfaces with a volume snapshot service for creating a snapshot image, wherein the snapshot image is an exact image of an original volume.
2. The computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the stored program code further comprises a snapshot requester program module that packages data for the snapshot image, the packaged data communicated to the volume snapshot service for creating the snapshot image.
3. The computer readable medium of claim 1 , comprising a snapshot requester program module, and a snapshot writer program module directed by the snapshot requester program module to package data for the snapshot image, the writer program module packaging data for a specific application, the packaged data communicated to the volume snapshot service for creating the snapshot image.
4. The computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the snapshot manager program module indexes snapshot images, snapshot indexing enabling at least one of copying, deleting, displaying, browsing, changing properties, and recovering snapshot images.
5. The computer readable medium of claim 4 , wherein the indexing comprises indexing in terms of objects native to particular applications.