CROSS-SYSTEM STORAGE MANAGEMENT FOR TRANSFERRING DATA ACROSS AUTONOMOUS INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

摘要

Systems and methods are disclosed for cross-system storage management for transferring data across autonomous information management systems. Data may be transferred from one information management system to another information management system without interfering with or overriding each system's autonomy. For example, a secondary copy of production data (e.g., backed up data) is transferred from a first information management system that originated the data to a component of another “foreign” information management system. A first storage manager that manages the first information management system also manages the cross-system data transfer operation to a “foreign” client computing device, which remains under autonomous management as a component of the foreign information management system.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
a first storage manager configured to manage a first information management system,
wherein the first information management system comprises a secondary storage device comprising a secondary copy of data, andwherein the secondary copy of data originated in the first information management system, andwherein the first storage manager comprises a module for managing a data transfer of the secondary copy of data to a component of a second information management system; a client computing device,
wherein the client computing device is configured to, based on the execution of a first software instance of an information management software, receive the data transfer of the secondary copy of data from a component of the first information management system, andwherein the client computing device is further configured to, based on the execution of a second software instance of the storage management software, be managed as a component of the second information management system; and a second storage manager configured to manage the second information management system,
wherein the second storage manager is further configured to:
(i) transmit to the first storage manager information about the client computing device, wherein the information is sufficient to enable the first storage manager to manage the data transfer to the client computing device, and the information is also insufficient to enable the first storage manager to manage the client computing device as a component of the first information management system, and(ii) instruct the client computing device to execute the first software instance for communicating with one or more components of the first storage management system, and(iii) autonomously manage the client computing device as a component of the second information management system, whether or not the client computing device is communicatively coupled to one or more of the first storage manager and a component of the first information management system; and wherein the first storage manager is further configured to, based on the module and the received information about the client computing device, instruct a component of the first information management system to transfer the secondary copy of data in the first information management system to the client computing device in the second information management system.