Patent ID: 8352432
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for managing data in a computer system, the method comprising: performing, by a first data connector, a discovery of data associated with a first client computing device to obtain first data in a first backup file format from first media, the first backup file format associated with a first data backup application executing on the first client computing device, the first data being associated with a first payload and first metadata; receiving the first payload and the first metadata from the first data connector by a management console executing on one or more computer processors; processing, by the management console, the first payload to generate second metadata different than said first metadata; storing in a data structure the second metadata and at least a portion of the first metadata in a first entry associated with the first media; performing, by a second data connector, a discovery of data associated with a second client computing device to obtain second data in a second backup file format from second media, the second backup file format different than the first backup file format and associated with a second data backup application different than the first data backup application, the second data backup application executing on the second client computing device, the second data being associated with a second payload and third metadata; receiving the second payload and the third metadata from the second data connector by the management console; processing, by the management console, the second payload to generate fourth metadata different than said third metadata; storing in the data structure the fourth metadata and at least a portion of the third metadata in a second entry associated with the second media; and presenting the first and second entries in a unified view of a user interface.