Patent ID: 8407189
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for finding a cause of a stability problem and restoring stability in an unstable computer that is one of a plurality of computers connected to a computer network, at least one of which is designated a system administrator, said method comprising creating a plurality of file content sharing logs for files from said unstable computer and for files from said plurality of computers, wherein each of the file content sharing logs contains a list of files that are unique to the unstable computer, and wherein the file content sharing logs contain a list of files which the plurality of computers share with one another; if a notification of an instability in said unstable computer is received in one of the file content sharing logs from the unstable computer, then selecting a candidate file content sharing log to analyze by either choosing a post-instability file content sharing log or if no post-instability file content sharing log is available then by creating a new file content sharing log and using the new file content sharing log as the candidate file content sharing log; analyzing said candidate file content sharing log for instability of said unstable computer; generating an instability analysis report comprising a list of unstable files as a result of the analyzing of said candidate file content sharing log; and performing a backup restore operation on said unstable computer in which at least one file listed in said instability analysis report is restored on said unstable computer, wherein said at least one file listed in said instability analysis report is selected from a de-duplicated backup archive.