Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for preserving data using a replication and blockchain notarization. In one aspect, an exemplary method comprises, by a hardware processor, receiving, from a user, a request for a legal hold of data and criteria for controlling access to the data, creating a legal hold object and establishing an access control criteria, creating, in the cloud storage, a cloud storage space that corresponds to the created legal hold object, and defining the access control for reading from the created cloud storage space, searching, in a backup data storage of a client data system, to identify all relevant data corresponding to the created legal hold object, and storing the identified relevant data and the search queries used for the identification of the relevant data, replicating the identified relevant data in the created cloud storage space, and notarizing the replicated relevant data using a blockchain notarization service.

Abstract: Systems and methods for migrating and/or replicating computer systems are disclosed. Computer systems may be migrated and/or replicated from physical systems or virtual systems to physical or virtual systems. Migrating/replicating computer systems comprises determining the structure of the source computer system, generating instructions for migrating/replicating the structure of the computer system, and packaging the instructions in an executable package. The instructions may be formatted as a template, such as an OVF template, and be packaged with an executable agent and task list. The executable agent may be received and executed by a destination computer system. Executing the executable package may cause the instructions to be executed, as well as the optional agent, there configuring the destination computer system, possibly copying data present on the source computer system, and possibly rebooting the destination computer system.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for preserving data using a replication and blockchain notarization. In one aspect, an exemplary method comprises, by a hardware processor, receiving, from a user, a request for a legal hold of data and criteria for controlling access to the data, creating a legal hold object and establishing an access control criteria, creating, in the cloud storage, a cloud storage space that corresponds to the created legal hold object, and defining the access control for reading from the created cloud storage space, searching, in a backup data storage of a client data system, to identify all relevant data corresponding to the created legal hold object, and storing the identified relevant data and the search queries used for the identification of the relevant data, replicating the identified relevant data in the created cloud storage space, and notarizing the replicated relevant data using a blockchain notarization service.

Abstract: A method, computer program product, computing system, and system for virtual machine backup are described. In part, the disclosure relates to methods and systems for performing backup of virtual machine files on a block level that include features that allow a user to select and backup specific files or folders of file systems of a VM. The specificity and selectivity features by which certain files or folders are backup from a file system of a VM can be implemented by processing one or more partition structures of a virtual disk of a virtual machine. Once the partition structures have been processed and analyzed using a backup up software application, it is then possible to detect and process guest file systems of the VM.

Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to systems and methods for backing up a plurality of virtual machines, the method comprising. A computer system may initiate creation of a snapshot for each of the plurality of virtual machines. The computer system may select a first virtual machine from the plurality of virtual machines based on the input/output loads for each of the plurality of virtual machines and generate a backup archive of the first virtual machine.