Database restoration across cloud environments

An apparatus for restoring a database across cloud environments, the apparatus comprising:

• one or more computer readable storage media;
• a processing system operatively coupled with the one or more computer readable storage media;
• and
• program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media that, when read and executed by the processing system, direct the processing system to:
• receive in a second cloud environment from a first cloud environment first metadata describing a first data version stored in the first cloud environment, wherein the first metadata:
• describes where first data items are located within the first data version stored in the first cloud environment;
• includes an access procedure or protocol such that the second cloud environment can access the first data items;
• and
• includes authorization information necessary to confirm that the second cloud environment is authorized to access the first data items;
• after receiving the first metadata, receive an instruction to restore the first data items to the second cloud environment;
• and
• in response to the instruction, restore the first data items to the second cloud environment using the first metadata.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium having program instructions stored thereon for restoring a database across cloud environments, the program instructions, when executed by a processing system, direct the processing system to:

• receive in a second cloud environment from a first cloud environment, first metadata describing a first data version stored in the first cloud environment, wherein the first metadata:
• describes where first data items are located within the first data version stored in the first cloud environment;
• includes an access procedure or protocol such that the second cloud environment can access the first data items;
• and
• includes authorization information necessary to confirm that the second cloud environment is authorized to access the first data items;
• after receiving the first metadata, receive an instruction to restore the first data items to the second cloud environment;
• and
• in response to the instruction, restore the first data items to the second cloud environment using the first metadata.