Patent ID: 6038379
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A computer system, comprising:a plurality of computers connected to a computer network, each of the computers having a file system and a generic remote file system (GRFS) agent associated with an operating system running on a particular computer, a subset of said computers running disparate operating systems; anda file server connected to the computer network, the file server having a GRFS file system that communicates through an operating system independent message protocol with each GRFS agent, the protocol including command instructions that locate and retrieve backup data stored in any file system associated with a GRFS agent and command instructions that locate and restore backup data to a file system;wherein each GRFS agent communicates through the operating system independent message protocol that includes response instructions to the command instructions, the response instructions providing information that enables the GRFS file system to locate and retrieve backup data and to locate and restore the backup data.