Patent ID: 9563518
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method comprising: identifying, by a storage manager that manages an information management system without assistance from other storage managers, a secondary storage computing device, which is a component of the information management system, and which receives and stores management parameters from the storage manager when in communication with the storage manager, as being a component that comprises executable logic for autonomously managing information management jobs in the information management system, on behalf of the storage manager and while out of communication with the storage manager, wherein the identifying is performed while the storage manager is in communication with the secondary storage computing device and in anticipation of being out of communication with the secondary storage computing device, and wherein the identifying is based at least in part on a management database associated with the storage manager; based on the identifying, transmitting, by the storage manager to the identified secondary storage computing device one or more management parameters for autonomously managing the information management jobs while the secondary storage computing device is to be out of communication with the storage manager; after communication with the secondary storage computing device resume, receiving, by the storage manager, from the secondary storage computing device, metadata generated by the secondary storage computing device while out of communication with the storage manager, wherein the metadata is based at least in part on the secondary storage computing device having autonomously managed the information management jobs while out of communication with the storage manager; and integrating the received metadata, by the storage manager, into the associated management database, resulting in information management status becoming available to the storage manager for at least some information management operations that occurred at the secondary storage computing device while the storage manager was out of communication with the secondary storage computing device.