System and method for an offline migration of on-premise environment to a cloud-based service

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11204708-B2
Application number	US-202016779711-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 3, 2020
Priority date	Feb 3, 2020
Publication date	Dec 21, 2021
Grant date	Dec 21, 2021

Abstract

A method for managing data includes obtaining, by a backup agent, a migration request, wherein the migration request specifies a plurality of users, and in response to the migration request: identifying a set of source-format data sets in a backup storage system, mounting the set of source-format data sets from the backup storage system, performing data mining on the set of source-format data sets in response to the mounting to obtain a hierarchical structure, generating a cloud-based service user account for each user of the plurality of users, wherein the cloud-based service user accounts are associated with a cloud-based service, obtaining source-format data sets associated with each user of the plurality of users using the hierarchical structure, and initiating a migration of the source-format data sets to the cloud-based service.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for managing data, the method comprising:
obtaining, by a backup agent, a migration request, wherein the migration request specifies a plurality of users; and
in response to the migration request:
identifying a set of source-format data sets in a backup storage system;
mounting the set of source-format data sets from the backup storage system;
performing data mining on the set of source-format data sets in response to the mounting to obtain a hierarchical structure;
generating a cloud-based service user account for each user of the plurality of users, wherein the cloud-based service user accounts are associated with a cloud-based service;
obtaining a second set of source-format data sets associated with each user of the plurality of users using the hierarchical structure; and
initiating a migration of the second set of source-format data sets to the cloud-based service.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein initiating the migration of the second set of source-format data sets comprises:
generating temporary files for the plurality of users;
storing the second set of source-format data sets in the temporary files;
converting the second set of source-format data sets to target-format data sets using a backup storage mapping wherein the backup agent comprises a backup storage mapping, a dispatcher, and a data mining tool; and
initiating a transfer of the target-format data sets to the cloud-based service.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second set of source-format data sets are initially stored in the backup storage system.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the hierarchical structure specifies at least one source-format data set associated with a user of the plurality of users.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein a source format data set of the second set of source-format data sets is a mailbox in a source format, and wherein a target-format data set is the mailbox in a target format.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein prior to generating the cloud-based service user accounts, the plurality of users are grouped into user batches.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein initiating a migration of the second set of source-format data sets is performed on a per-user batch basis.

8. A system, comprising:
a processor; and
memory comprising instructions which, when executed by the processor, perform a method, the method comprising:
obtaining, by a backup agent, a migration request, wherein the migration request specifies a plurality of users; and
in response to the migration request:
identifying a set of source-format data sets in a backup storage system;
mounting the set of source-format data sets from the backup storage system;
performing data mining on the set of source-format data sets in response to the mounting to obtain a hierarchical structure;
generating a cloud-based service user account for each user of the plurality of users, wherein the cloud-based service user accounts are associated with a cloud-based service;
obtaining a second set of source-format data sets associated with each user of the plurality of users using the hierarchical structure; and
initiating a migration of the second set of source-format data sets to the cloud-based service.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein initiating the migration of the second set of source-format data sets comprises:
generating temporary files for the plurality of users;
storing the second set of source-format data sets in the temporary files;
converting the second set of source-format data sets to target-format data sets using a backup storage mapping wherein the backup agent comprises a backup storage mapping, a dispatcher, and a data mining tool; and
initiating a transfer of the target-format data sets to the cloud-based service.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the second set of source-format data sets are initially stored in the backup storage system.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the hierarchical structure specifies at least one source-format data set associated with a user of the plurality of users.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein a source format data set of the second set of source format data sets is a mailbox in a source format, and wherein a target-format data set is the mailbox in a target format.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein prior to generating the cloud-based service user accounts, the plurality of users are grouped into user batches.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein initiating a migration of the second set of source-format data sets is performed on a per-user batch basis.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable program code, which when executed by a computer processor enables the computer processor to perform a method for managing data, the method comprising:
obtaining, by a backup agent, a migration request, wherein the migration request specifies a plurality of users; and
in response to the migration request:
identifying a set of source-format data sets in a backup storage system;
mounting the set of source-format data sets from the backup storage system;
performing data mining on the set of source-format data sets in response to the mounting to obtain a hierarchical structure;
generating a cloud-based service user account for each user of the plurality of users, wherein the cloud-based service user accounts are associated with a cloud-based service;
obtaining a second set of source-format data sets associated with each user of the plurality of users using the hierarchical structure; and
initiating a migration of the second set of source-format data sets to the cloud-based service.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein initiating the migration of the second set of source-format data sets comprises:
generating temporary files for the plurality of users;
storing the second set of source-format data sets in the temporary files;
converting the second set of source-format data sets to target-format data sets using a backup storage mapping wherein the backup agent comprises a backup storage mapping, a dispatcher, and a data mining tool; and
initiating a transfer of the target-format data sets to the cloud-based service.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the second set of source-format data sets are initially stored in the backup storage system.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the hierarchical structure specifies at least one source-format data set associated with a user of the plurality of users.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein a source format data set of the second set of source-format data sets is a mailbox in a source format, and wherein a target-format data set is the mailbox in a target format.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein prior to generating the cloud-based service user accounts, the plurality of users are grouped into user batches, and wherein initiating a migration of the second set of source-format data sets is performed on a per-user batch basis.

Assignees

• Emc Ip Holding Co Llc

Inventors

• Gurindapalli Aneesh Kumar
• Urs Deepthi
• Appireddygari Venkataramana Mahesh Reddy
• Shankar D H Swaroop

Classifications

• G06F11/1469

  Backup restoration techniques · CPC title

• G06F3/067

  Distributed or networked storage systems, e.g. storage area networks [SAN], network attached storage [NAS] · CPC title

• G06F9/5072

  Grid computing · CPC title

• G06F11/1451

  by selection of backup contents · CPC title

• G06F3/0647 Primary

  Migration mechanisms · CPC title