| 摘要 |
Apparatus is disclosed for managing the use of storage devices on a network of computing devices, the network comprising a plurality of computing devices each running different operating systems, at least one data storage device, and a management system for controlling archival of data from the computing devices to the data storage device, the management system including a database of data previously archived; the apparatus comprising an agent running on a first computing device attached to the network, the first computing device running a first operating system, the agent being adapted to issue an instruction to a second computing device being one of the plurality of computing devices via a remote administration protocol, the second computing device running a second operating system that differs from the first operating system, and the instruction comprising a query to the database concerning data archived from computing devices running the second operating system. The remote administration protocol is preferably Secure Shell (SSH), but other protocols can be employed. A corresponding method and software agent are also disclosed. In addition, a data storage resource management system is disclosed, comprising a query agent and an analysis agent, the query agent being adapted to issue at least one query to a database of backed up or archived objects in order to elicit information relating to the objects; the analysis agent being adapted to organise the query results and display totals of objects meeting defined criteria.
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