Patent ID: 8849762
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for restoring a computing environment of a source device to a previous state of the computing environment, the method comprising: transferring a state of the computing environment of the source device from a secondary storage server to a cloud-based computing system, transferring the state of the computing environment from a primary storage server to the secondary storage server; receiving a request to restore the computing environment of the source device to a previous state, running a restoration interface, receiving a request to restore the respective one of the multiple sets of data associated with the computing environment of the source device; retrieving the requested one of the multiple sets of data through the secondary storage server; and restoring the previous state of the computing environment of the source device using the retrieved one of the multiple configuration files and the retrieved one of the multiple sets of data,