DATA RECOVERY USING A CLOUD-BASED REMOTE DATA RECOVERY CENTER

摘要

A Remote Metadata Center provides Distaster Recovery (DR) testing and metadata backup services to multiple business organizations. Metadata associated with local data backups performed at business organizations is transmitted to the Remote Metadata Center. Corresponding backup data is stored in a data storage system that is either stored locally at the business organization or at a data storage facility that is at a different location than the Remote Metadata Center and the business organization. DR testing can be staged from the Remote Data Center using the metadata received and optionally with assistance from an operator at the business organization and/or the data storage facility.

主权项

1. A computer program product comprising a computer-readable media having code stored thereon, the code when executed by a processor, causing the processor to assist in providing a cloud-based backup storage service to a computer network at a production data facility, the method comprising:
configuring, at the cloud-based backup storage facility, a cloud storage manager to communicatively couple to a local storage manager,
wherein the computer network includes the local storage manager but not the cloud storage manager;wherein the local storage manager is configured to control a backup operation of data in the computer network and communicate storage metadata generated during the backup operation to the cloud storage manager; receiving, without receiving actual data backed up during the backup operation, the storage metadata at the cloud storage manager; processing the storage metadata to generate usage information; and storing the storage metadata at a cloud metadata storage system.