Recovery system and method for performing site recovery using replicated recovery-specific metadata

摘要

A recovery system and method for performing site recovery utilizes recovery-specific metadata and files of protected clients at a primary site to recreate the protected clients at a secondary site. The recovery-specific metadata is collected from at least one component at the primary site, and stored with the files of protected clients at the primary site. The recovery-specific metadata and the files of the protected clients are replicated to the secondary site so that the protected clients can be recreated at the secondary site using the replicated information.

主权项

1. A method for performing site recovery, the method comprising:
collecting recovery-specific metadata from at least one component at a primary site with a plurality of protected clients; storing the recovery-specific metadata in first storage at the primary site where files of the protected clients at the primary site are stored, including embedding the recovery-specific metadata in the files of the protected clients, wherein at least the recovery-specific metadata and the files of the protected clients are replicated in second storage at a secondary site; extracting replicated recovery-specific metadata from the second storage at the secondary site; and recreating the protected clients at the secondary site using replicated files of the protected clients and the replicated recovery-specific metadata in the second storage at the secondary site, wherein the storing the recovery-specific metadata includes embedding the recovery-specific metadata in the files of the protected clients.