Patent ID: 7404103
Filing Date: 2008-07-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. In a network that includes a first database residing on a first client, and a second database residing on a second client, the first and second databases being connected together in a dynamic mirror relationship identifying one database as mirror status and the other as live status, a method for restoring backed-up data comprising: initiating a request for a restore operation; terminating the dynamic mirror relationship between the first database and the second database, wherein the first database has a first status and the second database has a second status when the dynamic mirror relationship is terminated; identifying target data to be restored by selecting a particular backup version from a plurality of backup versions; generating a request for location information for the target data; receiving location information concerning the location of the target data; transmitting a request to a restore server for the target data; receiving the target data from the restore server; recreating the target data in the first and second databases located on the first and second clients; and reestablishing the particular dynamic mirror relationship between the first database and the second database, wherein the first status and the second status are re-designated according to role designation information associated with the particular backup version.