US 11,704,203 B2
Replication for cyber recovery for multiple tier data
Nitin Madan, Cupertino, CA (US); Kalyan C. Gunda, Bangalore (IN); and Bhimsen Bhanjois, Fremont, CA (US)
Assigned to EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US)
Filed by EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US)
Filed on Sep. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/929,345.
Application 17/929,345 is a continuation of application No. 17/069,463, filed on Oct. 13, 2020, granted, now 11,436,103.
Prior Publication US 2023/0004466 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 16/27 (2019.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 11/1469 (2013.01) [G06F 11/1464 (2013.01); G06F 16/27 (2019.01); G06F 2201/84 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
initiating a recovery operation of a namespace using a backup of the namespace stored in a vault, wherein the backup includes local data and cloud metadata that are associated with a namespace, wherein cloud data identified by the cloud metadata is not included in the backup;
recovering the namespace by copying the local data in the backup stored in the vault and the cloud metadata stored in the backup to a local tier without copying the cloud data to a cloud tier; and
accessing the cloud data using the cloud metadata recovered to the local tier.