Patent ID: 9547563
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method for performing site recovery, the method comprising: collecting recovery-specific metadata from at least one component at a primary site with a plurality of protected clients; storing the recovery-specific metadata in first storage at the primary site where files of the protected clients at the primary site are stored, including embedding the recovery-specific metadata in the files of the protected clients, wherein at least the recovery-specific metadata and the files of the protected clients are replicated in second storage at a secondary site; extracting replicated recovery-specific metadata from the second storage at the secondary site; and recreating the protected clients at the secondary site using replicated files of the protected clients and the replicated recovery-specific metadata in the second storage at the secondary site, wherein the storing the recovery-specific metadata includes embedding the recovery-specific metadata in the files of the protected clients.