Patent ID: 11954513
Assignee: COMMVAULT SYSTEMS, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 8:
9. A data storage management system comprising:
a first computing device comprising one or more hardware processors, wherein the first computing device is configured to execute a storage manager, wherein while executing the storage manager the first computing device is configured to:
manage a storage operation that backs up a client computing device, wherein the storage operation generates backup data based on primary data of the client computing device and further generates system state metadata of the client computing device,
wherein the client computing device is configured with first password-protected credentials for user access;
establish communications with a second computing device operating in a cloud computing environment;
initiate a disaster recovery operation that:
(i) causes the second computing device to configure a recovery virtual machine in the cloud computing environment according to the system state metadata of the client computing device,
(ii) restores the backup data to a data storage volume of a disk provisioned in the cloud computing environment,
(iii) causes the second computing device to create a configuration file comprising instructions for creating second password-protected credentials, which are distinct from the first password-protected credentials of the client computing device,
(iv) causes the second computing device to add to the data storage volume the configuration file and one or more drivers required by the cloud computing environment, and
(v) causes the second computing device to activate a configuration tool, which, as guided by the configuration file: establishes the second password-protected credentials in the recovery virtual machine, injects the one or more drivers into the recovery virtual machine while logged in at the recovery virtual machine with the second password-protected credentials, and removes the second password-protected credentials from the recovery virtual machine after logging out therefrom;

wherein the disaster recovery operation configures the recovery virtual machine according to the system state metadata of the client computing device, and injects the one or more drivers into the recovery virtual machine without using the first password-protected credentials of the client computing device.