System for managing multiple information management cells

A computer-implemented method for managing at least two information management cells that operate on different versions of software applications, comprising:

• communicating by a gateway system with a first information management cell for a first version of a software application associated with the first information management cell, and
• wherein the first version of the software application is associated with a first software application user interface, and
• wherein the first information management cell comprises a first storage manager operating on the first version of the software application wherein the first storage manager is in communication with at least one client computing device in association with primary storage, and at least one secondary storage computing device in association with secondary storage, and
• storing a mapped association between the first information management cell and the first version of the software application operating on the first information management cell to a database structure in the gateway system;
• presenting on the gateway user interface (UI) an option to select from one of:
• the first information management cell and a second information management cell;
• obtaining from the user, a selection from the gateway user interface for the first information management cell;
• determining by the gateway system that the first software application user interface associated with the first software application is not available from a data store local to the gateway system;
• retrieving by the gateway system from one of:
• a centralized repository and the first information management cell, the first software application user interface;
• storing the retrieved data for the first software application user interface to the data store local to the gateway system;
• and
• presenting the stored first software application user interface from the data store local to the gateway system to the gateway UI.