Data transfer in a data protection system
AssigneeEMC IP Holding Company LLC
InventorsShern S. Jauhal, Scott Quesnelle
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Abstract
Systems and methods for performing a data transfer in a data protection system are disclosed. A user interface is provided that includes a workflow. The workflow is effective to configure a data transfer by identifying the source of the data, the destination of the data, and the data itself. A data control process associated with the data protection system is performed to authenticate the requesting user and determine whether the user is authorized to access the data. The data is transferred in accordance with the data control process of the data protection system.
Claims20
A method for transferring or accessing data in a computing system using an infrastructure of a data protection system, the method comprising:
- performing a data protection operation by a data protection application associated with the data protection system in the computing system;
- in response to a request to transfer data in the computing system from a storage device to a location in the computing system by an application different from the data protection application, presenting a user interface, by the data protection application, that includes a workflow for transferring the data using an infrastructure of the data protection system, wherein the request processed by the data protection system is separate from the data protection operation;
- configuring the request to transfer data based on input received into the workflow presented in the user interface by adapting the user interface based on a first host, the request, and the data, wherein the data is stored at the first host;
- performing a data control process of the data protection system by the data protection application on the request;
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- transferring the data to the location by the data protection application, wherein transferring the data is separate from the data protection operation and wherein the location is different from a backup location configured to store backups generated by the data protection application.
A method for performing an operation on data in a computing system using an infrastructure of a data protection system, the method comprising:
- initiating a user interface by the data protection application in response to a request to perform an operation on data from an application different from the data protection application, wherein the user interface includes a workflow for accessing data that is adapted based on a first host, the request, and the data, wherein the data is stored at the first host;
- configuring the request to perform the operation on the data based on input received into the workflow presented in the user interface, wherein the operation is not a data protection operation performed by the data protection system;
- performing a data control process of the data protection application on the request by the data protection application;
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- performing the operation on the data in accordance with the request by the data protection application, wherein the operation on the data is separate from the data protection operation performed by the data protection application.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions configured to perform operations comprising:
- initiating a user interface by the data protection application in response to a request to perform an operation on data from an application different from the data protection application, wherein the user interface includes a workflow for accessing data that is adapted based on a first host, the request, and the data, wherein the data is stored at the first host;
- configuring the request to perform the operation on the data based on input received into the workflow presented in the user interface, wherein the operation is not a data protection operation performed by the data protection system;
- performing a data control process of the data protection application on the request by the data protection application;
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- performing the operation on the data in accordance with the request by the data protection application, wherein the operation on the data is separate from the data protection operation performed by the data protection application.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.