Patent ID: 7558927
Filing Date: 2009-07-07
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented system to capture and transmit backup and recovery meta data over a network, comprising: a computing device including an agent executing thereon to capture the meta data generated by a computerized backup management system, the captured meta data including file by file meta data, regarding each file backed up by the computerized backup management system; said executing agent to cause the computing device to transmit the meta data to a storage console portal computing system having a database, the storage console portal computing system connected to the computerized backup management system by a network, the storage console portal computing system configured to persist the meta data, including the file by file meta data in the database of the storage console portal computing system, without being requested or polled from the storage console portal computing system to transmit the meta data to the storage console portal computing system, wherein said agent initiates communication with said storage console portal computing system to transmit the meta data, including the file by file meta data; wherein the captured meta data further includes meta data, regarding backup events of the computerized backup management system, that is not file by file meta data; and wherein the captured meta data that is not file by file meta data includes at least one of the group consisting of, for a particular backup event, an indication of a backup identification of the particular backup event, an indication of a date and time at which the particular backup event started, an indication of a date and time at which the particular backup event ended, an indication of a count of the number of files that were backed up in the particular backup event, an indication of a count of the number of bytes that were backed up in the particular backup event, an indication of a status for the particular backup event, and an indication of a server identification of a client server on which the files backed up in the particular backup event are stored.