Patent ID: 7434013

Claim:
A method for providing an adaptive system recovery by matching storage media of a first computer system with storage media of a second computer system comprising: receiving restoration information from a first computer system, the restoration information defining each storage component associated with the first computer system, the restoration information including a storage component signature and a storage component status for each storage component associated with the first computer system, the signature comprising, a storage component type and a storage component size; comparing the storage component signature for each storage component associated with the first computer system to a storage component signature for each storage component associated with a second computer system; upon determining that a storage component signature for a storage component associated with the first computer system matches a storage component signature for a storage component associated with the second computer system, assigning the storage component of the first computer system to the storage component of the second computer system; and upon determining that a first storage component associated with the first computer system remains unassigned, revoking an assignment of a second storage component associated with the first computer system to a storage component of the second computer system and assigning the first storage component to the storage component of the second computer system.