| 摘要 |
File selection techniques that can handle overlapping module contexts provide flexible and reversible backup, restore, migration, deployment and synchronization operations. Both remote (administrative) control and local (user) control of the file selection are provided. Application and configuration specific templates are provided to a user from the remote administrator for further customization by selecting or de-selecting configurations, applications and/or individual files or configuration entries. The templates may be controlled geographically by the IP address or identity associated with the user. A user's interaction with the customization is saved and the order of changes is maintained, so that when the templates are updated, the user's customizations can be re-applied. The administrator may override user settings based on rules, which may also be geographically determined. The file selection may also be altered based on media type and location, e.g., local backup vs. server backup. |
| 主权项 |
1. A computer-performed method for selecting files and/or configuration entries for backup, migration, restoration or synchronization comprising:
during a backup, migration or synchronization session, first reading a first template specifying one or more applications, wherein a corresponding at least one first collection of files is specified for each of the one or more applications, wherein each of the at least one first collection of files is specified for transfer between a workstation and a storage location; during the backup, migration or synchronization session, presenting a user interface to a user, wherein the user interface accepts a sequence of commands from the user, wherein application of the commands modifies the template read by the first reading to produce a first local template specifying at least one first modified collection of files; storing the first local template specifying the at least one first modified collection of files; storing an ordered record of the sequence of commands accepted by the user interface; during the backup, migration or synchronization session first transferring the at least one first modified collection of files between the workstation and the storage location in conformity with the stored first local template; during a subsequent backup, migration or synchronization session, second reading a second template specifying at least one second collection of files for transfer, wherein the second template differs from the first template; during the subsequent backup, migration or synchronization session, third reading the stored ordered record of the sequence of commands; during the subsequent backup, migration or synchronization session, modifying the second template using the sequence of commands retrieved by the third reading by applying the sequence of commands in sequential order to the second template to produce at least one second local template; and during the subsequent backup, migration or synchronization session, second transferring files specified by the at least one second local template between the workstation and the storage location in conformity with the second local template. |
