System and method for multi-hop data backup

A computing system of backing up data to a replication target such that the data is recoverable from the replication target when a source application and one or more other intermediary replication targets are unavailable, the computing system comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory coupled to the processor and including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
• receive, at a first intermediary copy data management system, a first data object associated with an application, the first data object:
• being replicated from a source copy data management system protecting the application, the first data object generated based on a first image associated with the application;
• and
• being received based on a first schedule, the first schedule defining a first set of times associated with replicating the first data object from the source copy data management system to the first intermediary copy data management system
• create, at the first intermediary copy data management system, a second image associated with:
• the first data object when the first intermediary copy data management system does not have an existing data object comprising the first data object, and
• one of the first set of times, the one of the first set of times associated with a scheduled replication of the first data object;
• and
• replicate, at the first intermediary copy data management system, the first data object to generate at least one of a second data object and a third image at a second copy data management system, the second data object and the third image being generated based on the second image and according to a second schedule, the second schedule defining a second set of times associated with replicating the second data object from the first intermediary copy data management system to the second copy data management system, the third data image associated with:
• the second data object when the second copy data management system does not have an existing data object comprising the second data object, and
• one of the second set of times, the one of the second set of times associated with a scheduled replication of the second data object,
• thereby backing up data to a replication target such that the data is recoverable from the replication target when the source application and one or more other intermediary replication targets are unavailable.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having executable instructions operable to cause an apparatus to:

• receive, at a first intermediary copy data management system, a first data object associated with an application, the first data object:
• being replicated from a source copy data management system protecting the application, the first data object generated based on a first image associated with the application;
• and
• being received based on a first schedule, the first schedule defining a first set of times associated with replicating the first data object from the source copy data management system to the first intermediary copy data management system,
• create, at the first intermediary copy data management system, a second image associated with:
• the first data object when the first intermediary copy data management system does not have an existing data object comprising the first data object, and
• one of the first set of times, the one of the first set of times associated with a scheduled replication of the first data object;
• and
• replicate, at the first intermediary copy data management system, the first data object to generate at least one of a second data object and a third image at a second copy data management system, the second data object and the third image being generated based on the second image and according to a second schedule, the second schedule defining a second set of times associated with replicating the second data object from the first intermediary copy data management system to the second copy data management system, the third data image associated with:
• the second data object when the second copy data management system does not have an existing data object comprising the second data object, and
• one of the second set of times, the one of the second set of times associated with a scheduled replication of the second data object,
• thereby backing up data to a replication target such that the data is recoverable from the replication target when the source application and one or more other intermediary replication targets are unavailable.