Providing backup and restore services to network attached appliances in a network
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsReinhard T. Buendgen, Joerg Mueller, Thomas Prause
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Abstract
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for providing backup and restore services to network attached appliances in a network. Configuration settings comprising configuration settings used in a network attached appliance are gathered and a unique identifier for the network attached appliance is determined. A backup request is generated including the configuration settings, the unique identifier, and a backup operation code. The backup request is broadcasted on the network to be received by the backup servers to store the configuration settings for the unique identifier.
Claims12
A computer program product for backing-up and restoring configuration settings in network attached appliances in a network, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving broadcasts of backup requests from the network attached appliances in the network, wherein the backup requests include unique identifiers and configuration settings of the network attached appliances broadcasting the backup requests;
- storing the configuration settings in the backup requests and associating the stored configuration settings with the unique identifiers included in the backup requests;
- receiving a broadcast of a restore request including a restore unique identifier of one of the network attached appliances in the network;
- determining stored configuration settings for one of the backup requests associated with a unique identifier matching the restore unique identifier;
- generating a restore reply including the determined stored configuration settings in response to determining the stored configuration settings associated with the unique identifier matching the restore unique identifier;
- and
- broadcasting the generated restore reply in the network to be received at a plurality of the network attached appliances including the network attached appliance having the restore unique identifier.
A system for backing-up and restoring configuration settings in network attached appliances in a network, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code, the operations comprising:
- receiving broadcasts of backup requests from the network attached appliances in the network, wherein the backup requests unique identifiers and configuration settings of the network attached appliances broadcasting the backup requests;
- storing the configuration settings in the backup requests and associating the stored configuration settings with the unique identifiers included in the backup requests;
- receiving a broadcast of a restore request including a restore unique identifier of one of the network attached appliances in the network;
- determining stored configuration settings for one of the backup requests associated with a unique identifier matching the restore unique identifier;
- generating a restore reply including the determined stored configuration settings in response to determining the stored configuration settings associated with the unique identifier matching the restore unique identifier;
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- broadcasting the generated restore reply in the network to be received at a plurality of the network attached appliances including the network attached appliance having the restore unique identifier.
A method for backing-up configuration settings in a server, comprising:
- receiving broadcasts of backup requests from network attached appliances in a network, wherein the backup requests include unique identifiers and configuration settings of the network attached appliances broadcasting the backup requests;
- storing the configuration settings in the backup requests and associating the stored configuration settings with the unique identifiers included in the backup requests;
- receiving a broadcast of a restore request including a restore unique identifier of one of the network attached appliances in the network;
- determining stored configuration settings for one of the backup requests associated with a unique identifier matching the restore unique identifier;
- generating a restore reply including the determined stored configuration settings in response to determining the stored configuration settings associated with the unique identifier matching the restore unique identifier;
- and
- broadcasting the generated restore reply in the network to be received at a plurality of the network attached appliances including the network attached appliance having the restore unique identifier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.