Patent ID: 9170890
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: G06F,G11B

Abstract:
1. A system for transferring data in a storage system, the system comprising: at least one media agent comprising computer hardware, the at least one media agent accesses a data source comprising primary data stored in at least a first storage device, wherein the primary data in the first storage device comprises at least a first portion of data associated with a first application having a first file type, and at least a second portion associated with a second application having a second file type, wherein the at least one media agent creates a first backup copy of the primary data wherein the at least one media agent copies the first portion of data in the first storage device to a second storage device by performing one or more first copy jobs, and copies the second portion of data in the first storage device to a third storage device by performing one or more second copy jobs, each of the first and second copy jobs identified with an application identifier and a copy job identifier, and wherein the at least one media agent creates a second backup copy that orders the first and second portions of data for subsequent restoration by combining the first and second copy jobs that share a copy job identifier, and then orders the combined first and second copy jobs based at least in part on the order of the first and second application identifiers, and stores the ordered first and second portions of data within the second backup copy.