463 results about "Archive file" patented technology

Described herein are systems and methods for multiplexing pipelined data for backup operations. Various data streams are combined such as by multiplexing by a multiplexing module. The multiplexing module combines the data from the various data streams received by receiver module(s) into a single stream of chunks. The multiplexing module may combine data from multiple archive files into a single chunk. Additional modules perform other operations on the chunks of data to be transported such as encryption, compression, etc. The data chunks are transmitted via a transport channel to a receive pipeline that includes a second receiver module and other modules. The data chunks are then stored in a backup medium. The chunks are later retrieved and separated such as by demultiplexing for restoring to a client or for further storage as auxiliary copies of the separated data streams or archive files.

An archive cluster application runs in a distributed manner across a redundant array of independent nodes. Each node preferably runs a complete archive cluster application instance. A given nodes provides a data repository, which stores up to a large amount (e.g., a terabyte) of data, while also acting as a portal that enables access to archive files. Each symmetric node has a set of software processes, e.g., a request manager, a storage manager, a metadata manager, and a policy manager. The request manager manages requests to the node for data (i.e., file data), the storage manager manages data read/write functions from a disk associated with the node, and the metadata manager facilitates metadata transactions and recovery across the distributed database. The policy manager implements one or more policies, which are operations that determine the behavior of an “archive object” within the cluster. The archive cluster application provides object-based storage. Preferably, the application permanently associates metadata and policies with the raw archived data, which together comprise an archive object. Object policies govern the object's behavior in the archive. As a result, the archive manages itself independently of client applications, acting automatically to ensure that all object policies are valid.

Methods, systems, and media to automatically deploy an, e.g., a JS2EE file between environments are disclosed. Embodiments include hardware and/or software for selecting one or more applications in an original system for export. The applications along with their corresponding application data, configuration data, and descriptor files, are compressed into one or more archive files such as Enterprise Archives (EARs). Variable configuration data associated with the target environment is identified so the values of the variable configuration data can be adapted for the target environment. Then, the target environment is adapted for installation of the application and the application is installed in the target environment. Advantageously, this deployment of the application may reduce the chance of user error, require less J2EE knowledge and script maintenance, and complete faster than deployments effected manually.

Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with certain principles related to the present invention enable a computing system to layer the packaging and deployment of a web service endpoint on a standard servlet component model. To define a web service endpoint, the computing system may develop a service endpoint class that implements a configured service endpoint interface. The interface and endpoint class may be packaged by the computing system into an archive file. The computing system may use the information stored in the archive file to define the service endpoint modify the archive file with class information associated with the defined service endpoint. The modified archive file may be deployed on a container operating within the computing system. Further, the computing system may produce a WSDL based description of the defined service endpoint and export the document such that a remote client may use the information contained in the document to locate and remotely invoke methods on the defined service endpoint.

In accordance with embodiments of the invention, a method is provided for performing a storage operation in a pipeline storage system in which one or more data streams containing data to be stored are written into data chunks. The method includes generating an encryption key associated with a first archive file to be stored when encryption is requested for the storage operation, encrypting the archive data from the data stream using the encryption key to create an encrypted data chunk when a data stream containing the archive file is processed in the pipeline storage system, storing the encrypted data chunk on a storage medium, and storing the encryption key in a manner accessible during a restore operation of the encrypted data chunk.

The present invention provides for a method and an apparatus for archiving and retrieving data. At least one top-level directory is created to store files. A file-location database is created to track stored files in the top level directory. Files from a primary database are received. Files received from the database are archived into the top level directory, in response to receiving files from a primary database. An immediate backup of the archived files is created. A long-term backup of the archived files is created.

A tool referred to herein as an archive maker operates on one or more existing archive files that contain multiple object oriented classes to generate one or more new archive files. The archive maker takes a list of required classes, analyzes those classes in one or more existing archive files to determine any classes upon which they depend, and creates a new archive file with all the required and dependent classes. This allows the classes that are not required to be stripped out of the archive file. The archive maker may also be used to partition an existing archive file into multiple new archive files according to one or more partition criteria. In addition, the archive maker may be used to consolidate multiple existing archive files into a single new archive file.

A method of creating and defining a custom data field within a process management system includes creating a file to specify visible field properties of the custom data field and defining a model of the custom data field. The file and the model may be packaged into an archive file. The custom data field may be inserted and the archive file is added into the process management system as a new class. The process management system may be deployed with the new class and the process management system may be tested with the new class.

A computer program for managing and manipulating archive zip files of a computer. The program includes a system and method for opening, creating, modifying, and extracting zip archive files. The program is fully integrated into Microsoft Windows Explorer and is accessed via Explorer menus, toolbars, and/or drag and drop operations. An important feature of the program is the archive manager which may be used to open a zip file, create a new zip file, extract zip files, modify zip files, etc. The program is integrated into Microsoft Windows Explorer using the shell name space extension application program interface developed by Microsoft.

A technique related to a data backup for a computer. There are provided a selection section, an archive file creation section, and a backup processing section. The selection section selects data files satisfying given conditions from among data files stored in a first storage section. The archive file creation section creates N (N is a natural number) archive files by grouping the plurality of data files selected by the selection section and which repeats the archive file creation processing M (M is a natural number) times. The backup processing section stores the archive files created by the archive file creation section into a second storage section. The technique enables efficient copying of a data file in a short period of time.

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide an archive management application that operates within a host application to provide access to an archive and/or allow access to and/or modification of files in an archive using the host application's interface, instead of operating as a separate standalone archive management application. In an embodiment of the present invention, a file archiving system may include a user interface component, a file management component and a compression/extraction engine component. The user interface component may include an enhanced user interface of a host application that provides an interface for a user. The file management component may include a central directory that provides a representation of the contents of an archive. The compression/extraction engine component may include a file size module and/or a security module. The file size module may be used to compress and/or decompress a file in an archive. The security module may be used to encrypt, decrypt, digitally sign and/or authenticate a file in an archive.

A method, system, apparatus, and computer program product are presented for a meta-archive information server that provides a set of operations or services for obtaining information from a meta-archive; these operations may include dynamic indexing, searching, comparing, or other operations. A meta-archive is a set of one or more archive files that are logically grouped in (or otherwise associated with) a container object, e.g., a file system folder, a directory, or another archive file. By allowing a user to derive sets of information from an entire meta-archive, a user can maintain more files within archives, thereby reducing file system disorganization. The meta-archive information server can be easily run over a specific meta-archive when necessary, thereby generating information dynamically, even if the archive files within a meta-archive change over time.

In accordance with embodiments of the invention, a method is provided for performing a storage operation in a pipeline storage system in which one or more data streams containing data to be stored are written into data chunks. The method includes generating an encryption key associated with a first archive file to be stored when encryption is requested for the storage operation, encrypting the archive data from the data stream using the encryption key to create an encrypted data chunk when a data stream containing the archive file is processed in the pipeline storage system, storing the encrypted data chunk on a storage medium, and storing the encryption key in a manner accessible during a restore operation of the encrypted data chunk.

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide an archive management application that operates within a host application to provide access to an archive and/or allow access to and/or modification of files in an archive using the host application's interface, instead of operating as a separate standalone archive management application. In an embodiment of the present invention, a file archiving system may include a user interface component, a file management component and a compression/extraction engine component. The user interface component may include an enhanced user interface of a host application that provides an interface for a user. The file management component may include a central directory that provides a representation of the contents of an archive. The compression/extraction engine component may include a file size module and/or a security module. The file size module may be used to compress and/or decompress a file in an archive. The security module may be used to encrypt, decrypt, digitally sign and/or authenticate a file in an archive.

Anti-virus scanners can be deliberately disabled, inadvertently disabled, or simply slowed down to a point where the scanner becomes ineffective and the primary function of the scanning host device is disrupted when a suitably complex file is received by the scanning system for scanning. Archive files pose particular problems for scanners, since archives may contain very complex data structures, and require time consuming analysis. Virus scanners typically scan each element of an archive. Some virus scanners decompress each archive component for scanning. Virus developers have taken advantage of this scanning approach by creating complex archives designed to overwhelm a scanner, leaving a system unprotected or in a denial of service state. To counter such measures, when an archive (or other file) is passed to a scanner, various heuristics are applied to the archive so as to determine a risk-based scanning priority for the archive. Priorities can include normal priority, low priority for archives having suspicious characteristics, and discard without scanning for archives appearing to be constructed so as to overwhelm a scanner. Normal priority scans can occur immediately, while low priority scans can be relegated to only occurring while the scanning system is otherwise idle.

A packaging utility is created that can in turn create a deployment archive (DAR) file containing the data required to install a Web service application, comprising, for example, portlets for creating Web pages for the Web service's user interface, UDDI entries, executable programs, and application-wide properties. The application-wide properties may comprise elements to be used in connection with one or more Web services, for example, encryption levels, service levels, timeouts, and number of retries. For administration efficiency the application-wide properties may be applied according to hierarchies, for example from groupings of Web services to individual Web services and from organizations of users to individual users. An unpackaging tool is created to unpackage and install the DAR file on a target environment. A configuration set is employed by the unpackaging tool to determine where the elements of the Web service application are to be installed on the target environment.