Configuration Backup Recovery Agent for Automated Environment Migration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional backup and recovery systems for computing environments require substantial manual effort to migrate configuration settings between systems, lacking an efficient mechanism for generating and transporting recovery plans across different computing environments, which hampers scalability and reliability.
Innovation Solution
A backup/recovery system that includes a configuration backup/recovery agent which translates hardware and software configuration information from a source computing environment into a standardized format, such as XML, to create a computer-readable file that can be easily transported or transmitted to a target environment, enabling automated provisioning and restoration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual configuration migration is used, then flexibility in customization is maintained, but time consumption and labor effort increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a virtual copy of the entire computing environment configuration (hardware, software, networking) and migrates this copy to the target environment. The configuration backup/recovery agent generates a portable format containing all configuration data, enabling automated restoration without manual intervention and significantly reducing time consumption while maintaining operational flexibility
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical configuration migration with an automated software-based system. The configuration backup/recovery agent automatically translates, packages, and deploys configuration data, substituting the manual mechanical process of copying and pasting settings with an automated digital transformation process
2Reliability
If comprehensive configuration backup is implemented, then recovery reliability is improved, but device complexity and storage requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal configuration backup format that can be restored across different computing environments. The portable format generated by the configuration backup/recovery agent serves multiple purposes: it captures complete configuration data, enables cross-environment migration, and provides reliable recovery options, thereby improving reliability without proportionally increasing complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a configuration backup/recovery agent as an intermediary component that mediates between the source computing environment and the target environment. This agent handles the complex tasks of configuration translation, packaging, and deployment, isolating the complexity from the user and providing reliable recovery functionality
3Productivity
If automated configuration migration is implemented, then productivity and efficiency are improved, but ease of operation decreases due to system complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service through the configuration backup/recovery agent that automatically performs configuration migration without requiring manual intervention. The system self-manages the complex tasks of configuration translation, packaging, and deployment, thereby improving productivity while maintaining ease of operation through automated rather than manual processes
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the state of configuration data from its native complex format to a standardized portable format. This parameter change enables automated processing and migration while simplifying the operational interface, as users simply need to initiate the backup/recovery process rather than manually configure settings
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AI summary
A backup/recovery system for a computing environment includes a computing device that executes an agent to obtain a recovery plan (RP) comprising one or more provisioning steps to be performed for provisioning a plurality of resources associated with a source computing environment. The RP including configuration information associated with a hardware configuration and a software configuration of a source computing environment functioning at a first operational level in which the configuration information being sufficient to restore a target computing environment to at least a portion of the first operational level of the source computing environment. From this obtained information, the agent translates the configuration information into a specified format, and outputs the translated configuration information to a computer-readable file.