Patent ID: 9619473
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. In a computer system having a Graphical User Interface (GUI) including a display and a selection device, a method comprising: displaying on the display, a set of components for a snapshot map of pairings between sources and targets for backup copies made at a point in time, each of the components representing a snapshot configuration characteristic, wherein the set of components includes at least one of a host, a file system operatively coupled to the host, a source storage operatively connected to the host, an array hosting the source storage, an operating system running on the array, a snapshot method used to back up the source storage, and a target storage paired with the source storage using the snapshot method; receiving a component selection signal indicative of the selection device selecting a component from the set of components; in response to the signal, obtaining the snapshot configuration characteristic represented by the selected component, wherein the snapshot configuration characteristic includes an identifier or name for at least one of the host, the file system, the source, the array, the operating system, the snapshot method, and the target storage on which the snapshot backups are performed; dragging the selected component from the display; dropping the selected component to a configuration display; and generating configurations based on the snapshot configuration characteristic, wherein the configuration characteristics are used by a backup server to initiate the snapshot backups between at least some of the sources and targets.