Systems and methods for performing data migration between data centers

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12417216-B2
Application number	US-202418889462-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 19, 2024
Priority date	Oct 2, 2023
Publication date	Sep 16, 2025
Grant date	Sep 16, 2025

Abstract

In one aspect, a system may receive, via a user graphical user interface, a request to perform a data migration from a source data center to a destination data center. A system may in response to receiving the request, perform the data migration by: (1) creating a copy of a tenants structure that lists information about each tenant of the source data center, wherein a respective tenant is a representation of a user on a platform level, (2) creating and activating, on the destination data center, a plurality of new user accounts that match a main login body and suffix of a plurality of existing user accounts on the source data center, (3) re-registering, at the destination data center, agents from the source data center; and (4) migrating backup data from the source data center to the destination data center.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for data migration, the method comprising:
receiving, via a user graphical user interface, a request to perform a data migration from a source data center to a destination data center; and
in response to receiving the request, performing the data migration by:
creating a copy of a tenants structure that lists information about each tenant of the source data center, wherein a respective tenant is a representation of a user on a platform level;
creating and activating, on the destination data center, a plurality of new user accounts that match a main login body and suffix of a plurality of existing user accounts on the source data center;
re-registering, at the destination data center, agents from the source data center; and
migrating backup data from the source data center to the destination data center.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein creating the plurality of new user accounts further comprises:
in response to determining that two matching user accounts cannot exist on both the source data center and the destination data center, generating, on the destination data center, an intermediate login for each user account corresponding to the plurality of existing user accounts, wherein the intermediate login comprises an original login concatenated with a predefined term; and
in response to determining that the data migration is complete:
deleting the plurality of existing user accounts on the source data center; and
modifying, for the plurality of new user accounts, each intermediate login to match the original login without the predefined term.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein each tenant in the tenants structure has different specifications including names, contacts, tenant types, quotas, available services, and available storage.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the graphical user interface outputs a list of data centers available to receive migration data and wherein receiving the request comprises receiving a selection of the destination data center from the list of data centers.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transferring agent protection plans associated with the agents from the source data center to the destination data center.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein creating the plurality of new user accounts further comprises setting parameters for services, applications, and quotas in the plurality of new user accounts that match parameters for services, applications, and quotas in the plurality of existing user accounts.

7. A system for data migration, the system comprising:
At least one memory; and
At least one hardware processor coupled with the at least one memory and configured, individually or in combination, to:
receive, via a user graphical user interface, a request to perform a data migration from a source data center to a destination data center; and
in response to receiving the request, perform the data migration by:
creating a copy of a tenants structure that lists information about each tenant of the source data center, wherein a respective tenant is a representation of a user on a platform level;
creating and activating, on the destination data center, a plurality of new user accounts that match a main login body and suffix of a plurality of existing user accounts on the source data center;
re-registering, at the destination data center, agents from the source data center; and
migrating backup data from the source data center to the destination data center.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the at least one hardware processor is further configured to create the plurality of new user accounts by:
in response to determining that two matching user accounts cannot exist on both the source data center and the destination data center, generating, on the destination data center, an intermediate login for each user account corresponding to the plurality of existing user accounts, wherein the intermediate login comprises an original login concatenated with a predefined term; and
in response to determining that the data migration is complete:
deleting the plurality of existing user accounts on the source data center; and
modifying, for the plurality of new user accounts, each intermediate login to match the original login without the predefined term.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein each tenant in the tenants structure has different specifications including names, contacts, tenant types, quotas, available services, and available storage.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein the graphical user interface outputs a list of data centers available to receive migration data and wherein receiving the request comprises receiving a selection of the destination data center from the list of data centers.

11. The system of claim 7 , wherein the at least one hardware processor is further configured to:
transfer agent protection plans associated with the agents from the source data center to the destination data center.

12. The system of claim 7 , wherein the at least one hardware processor is further configured to create the plurality of new user accounts by setting parameters for services, applications, and quotas in the plurality of new user accounts that match parameters for services, applications, and quotas in the plurality of existing user accounts.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing thereon computer executable instructions for data migration, including instructions for:
receiving, via a user graphical user interface, a request to perform a data migration from a source data center to a destination data center; and
in response to receiving the request, performing the data migration by:
creating a copy of a tenants structure that lists information about each tenant of the source data center, wherein a respective tenant is a representation of a user on a platform level;
creating and activating, on the destination data center, a plurality of new user accounts that match a main login body and suffix of a plurality of existing user accounts on the source data center;
re-registering, at the destination data center, agents from the source data center; and
migrating backup data from the source data center to the destination data center.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein instructions for creating the plurality of new user accounts further comprise instructions for:
in response to determining that two matching user accounts cannot exist on both the source data center and the destination data center, generating, on the destination data center, an intermediate login for each user account corresponding to the plurality of existing user accounts, wherein the intermediate login comprises an original login concatenated with a predefined term; and
in response to determining that the data migration is complete:
deleting the plurality of existing user accounts on the source data center; and
modifying, for the plurality of new user accounts, each intermediate login to match the original login without the predefined term.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein each tenant in the tenants structure has different specifications including names, contacts, tenant types, quotas, available services, and available storage.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the graphical user interface outputs a list of data centers available to receive migration data and wherein receiving the request comprises receiving a selection of the destination data center from the list of data centers.

Assignees

• Acronis Int Gmbh

Inventors

• Ledenyov Dmitry
• Andreev Alexander
• Cherey Maxim
• Smith Brad
• Bell Serg
• Protasov Stanislav

Classifications

• G06F11/1458

  Management of the backup or restore process · CPC title

• G06F2201/84

  Using snapshots, i.e. a logical point-in-time copy of the data · CPC title

• G06F11/1446

  Point-in-time backing up or restoration of persistent data · CPC title

• G06F16/214 Primary

  Database migration support · CPC title