Host operating system independent storage-related remote access and operations

A method carried out at least in part by circuitry, the method comprising:

• at least one of generating, at least in part, and receiving, at least in part, at least one request, the at least one request being to initiate, at least in part, at least one operation at a host, the circuitry to be comprised in at least one of a server and the host, the host being to execute an operating system, the at least one operation being to facilitate, at least in part, examination remotely from the host of information stored at the host, the at least one operation being performed independently from the operating system and being performed at least in part by the circuitry, the examination being to facilitate, at least in part, remotely from the host at least one of backup, recovery, and determination of corruption of mass storage data stored at the host.

Computer-readable memory storing one or more instructions that when executed by a machine result in execution of a set of operations comprising:

• at least one of generating, at least in part, and receiving, at least in part, by circuitry at least one request, the at least one request being to initiate, at least in part, at least one operation at a host, the circuitry to be comprised in at least one of a server and the host, the host being to execute an operating system, the at least one operation being to facilitate, at least in part, examination remotely from the host of information stored at the host, the at least one operation being performed independently from the operating system and being performed at least in part by the circuitry, the examination being to facilitate, at least in part, remotely from the host at least one of backup, recovery, and determination of corruption of mass storage data stored at the host.