Cloud-Based Virtual Office for Backup Recovery
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Solution Overview
Problem
Remote backup systems face challenges in determining the content of snapshots and incremental files, making it difficult for system administrators to select appropriate backups for recovering machine states or applications, and the restoration process is costly and time-consuming.
Innovation Solution
The method involves providing user interfaces for selecting backups, configuring computing resources, virtualizing backups within a cloud computing environment to create cloud-based virtual offices, and establishing cloud gateways to network virtual server machines, allowing for secure access and failover in case of failures.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If remote backup systems store snapshots and incremental files in cloud-based storage, then backup capacity and accessibility are improved, but system administrators cannot determine the content included in snapshots or incremental files, making it difficult to select appropriate backups for recovery
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary interface layer between the cloud storage system and the system administrator. This interface presents synthesized views of backup contents, allowing administrators to search and identify specific files and folders within snapshots without directly accessing the underlying cloud storage infrastructure. The intermediary translates complex cloud storage operations into user-friendly file system navigation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates virtual copies of the backup file system structure that can be browsed and searched without physically accessing the original backup data in cloud storage. These virtual copies allow administrators to explore backup contents, search for specific files, and identify appropriate restore points before initiating actual restoration operations.
2Reliability
If system administrators perform restoration of file system backups, then data recovery is achieved, but the process is expensive and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables system administrators to perform preliminary exploration and identification of backup contents before initiating restoration. By allowing administrators to search, browse, and verify backup file structures in advance, the system ensures that the correct backup set is selected before the time-consuming restoration process begins, preventing the need to restart restoration operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms that allow administrators to verify backup contents and search results before committing to restoration. The system provides continuous feedback about the backup file structure, allowing administrators to confirm that the desired data is present and correctly formatted before initiating the restoration process.
3Reliability
If system administrators perform indiscriminate restoration of backups, then data recovery may be achieved, but the cost and time consumption increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent empowers system administrators to independently identify and select appropriate backup files through an intuitive search and browsing interface. The system provides self-service capabilities that allow administrators to navigate backup file structures, search for specific files, and make informed decisions about restoration without requiring expert knowledge or trial-and-error approaches that waste resources.
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AI summary
Cloud-based virtual machines and offices are provided herein. Methods may include establishing a cloud-based virtual office, by providing selections, corresponding to backups of servers of a computing network, to a user interface, establishing a cloud gateway for the virtual office, virtualizing a backup for each server using a virtualization program to create the cloud-based virtual office that includes virtual server machines networked with one another via the cloud gateway, and providing a workload to the cloud-based virtual office.