Patent ID: 8335771
Filing Date: 2012-12-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: for a continuous data protection system having a protection agent and at least one data protection appliance, enabling, in an image access mode, a rolling back of volumes in a highly available storage array on the target side so that the volumes contain data for a selected point in time; enabling creation of a storage array snapshot of the volumes for the point in time; enabling a user to access the storage array snapshot in the storage array; performing a production side recovery from the image access mode, comprising: starting replication from the target side to the source side; waiting for data tracked in the protection area to be pushed to the replica site and waiting for volume synchronization; transitioning the target volumes to a target side inactive state; rolling the source volumes to a point in time; creating a storage array snapshot for the source volumes; transitioning the source volumes to a source side active state; switching the replication direction back to the target side; and discarding a journal for the replication system, discarding the virtual snapshot, and starting replication.