US 12,475,005 B2
Methods, systems, and devices for data recovery and backup
Nathan G. Welshans, Jersey Shore, PA (US); Timothy James Emrick, King of Prussia, PA (US); Ryan Michael Spatz, Reading, PA (US); and John Edward Beck, Jr., Philadelphia, PA (US)
Assigned to Vanguard Group, Inc., Valley Forge, PA (US)
Filed by The Vanguard Group, Inc., Valley Forge, PA (US)
Filed on Feb. 20, 2025, as Appl. No. 19/058,464.
Application 19/058,464 is a continuation of application No. 18/119,722, filed on Mar. 9, 2023, granted, now 12,282,395.
Prior Publication US 2025/0208956 A1, Jun. 26, 2025
Int. Cl. G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 11/1469 (2013.01) [G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 11/1464 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45583 (2013.01); G06F 2201/84 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for data recovery, comprising:
continuously sending data from a data production environment to a recovery environment via a first network path, wherein the recovery environment includes a plurality of storage arrays;
writing the data to the plurality of storage arrays in the recovery environment as immutable storage snapshots via a second network path;
recovering the data to a virtual recovery environment using the storage snapshots from the plurality of storage arrays via a third network path by transferring and mounting a logical unit number of the data to a different virtual machine, whereby the data is transferred to the different virtual machine without moving the data; and
recovering the data from the virtual recovery environment to the data production environment via a fourth network path.