Patent ID: 9710367
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method comprising: storing a plurality of automated unit test components, each automated unit test component comprising executable code for testing a backup system; displaying, on an electronic screen, the plurality of automated unit test components; receiving, from a user, a selection of a subset of the plurality of automated unit test components; creating an automated test case based on the selected subset of the plurality of automated unit test components, the automated test case comprising a programming language; storing the automated test case; after the creating an automated test case, parsing the automated test case comprising the programming language to derive a manual test case comprising a natural language and corresponding to the automated test case; and storing the manual test case, wherein the plurality of automated unit test components comprises first, second, third, and fourth groups of automated unit test components, wherein automated unit test components in the first group comprise code for testing different backup mechanisms of the backup system, automated unit test components in the second group comprise code for generating different amounts of backup data, automated unit test components in the third group comprise code for configuring different types of backup target devices, and automated unit test components in the fourth group comprise code for generating different types of backup data.