Backup client agent
AssigneeEMC IP Holding Company LLC
InventorsAndrew Skowronski, Joseph Cline, Jian Li, Russell Budd Simons, Zhaoding Wu
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Abstract
In one example, a method includes receiving, by a cloud service, a register call for authorization to access one or more other cloud services, and the register call is received from a backup client agent and includes a registration code, and registering, by the cloud service, the backup client agent. The cloud services implements an authentication process that includes evaluating the registration code, and when the backup client agent is not authenticated, access by the backup client agent to one or more of the other cloud services is prevented, and when the backup client agent is authenticated, a token is transmitted to the backup client agent.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a cloud service, a register call for authorization to access one or more other cloud services, and the register call is received from a backup client agent and includes a registration code and;
- registering, by the cloud service, the backup client agent;
- and
- implementing, by the cloud service, an authentication process, and the authentication process includes evaluating the registration code, wherein:
- when the backup client agent is not authenticated, preventing access by the backup client agent to one or more of the other cloud services;
- or
- when the backup client agent is authenticated, transmitting a token to the backup client agent.
A non-transitory storage medium having stored therein instructions that are executable by one or more hardware processors to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, by a cloud service, a register call for authorization to access one or more other cloud services, and the register call is received from a backup client agent and includes a registration code and;
- registering, by the cloud service, the backup client agent;
- and
- implementing, by the cloud service, an authentication process, and the authentication process includes evaluating the registration code, wherein:
- when the backup client agent is not authenticated, preventing access by the backup client agent to one or more of the other cloud services;
- or
- when the backup client agent is authenticated, transmitting a token to the backup client agent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.