Patent ID: 8930496
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system for maintaining metadata in an electronic storage network comprising: a plurality of networks electronically linked to each other, the plurality of networks having a storage operation capability and which include client applications; and primary data stored on at least a first storage device; at least a first and second media agents comprising computer hardware having one or more computer processors, each of the first and second media agents configured to create at least secondary copies of first and second portions of the primary data on at least a second storage device, wherein a first media agent creates a first set of metadata that is stored in a first metadata storage device, wherein the second media agent creates a second set of metadata that is stored in a second metadata storage device; a centralized metadata storage device, the first and second media agents configured to copy the first and second sets of metadata to the centralized metadata storage device to create at least a copy of the first set of meta data and a copy of the second set of metadata on the centralized metadata storage device, wherein the centralized metadata storage device is different than the first and second metadata storage devices; and at least a storage management component comprising computer hardware having one or more computer processors, the storage management component configured to identify the first media agent in association with the copy of the first set of metadata and the second media agent in association with the copy of the second set of metadata stored in the centralized metadata storage device, the at least one storage management component is further configured to: