Patent ID: 7496614
Filing Date: 2009-02-24
Classification: G06F,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for visually representing backup activity successes and failures for a plurality of data backup products, the method comprising: obtaining records from one or more data backup products, the records containing data backup activity information; inserting the information in the records into a canonical database; and generating a visual display illustrates the backup failures and successes for one or more servers and clients and targets associated with the one or more data backup products, wherein the visual display comprises: a first object indicating a backup failure for a backup product; a second object indicating a backup success for a backup product and a third object indicating a backup partial failure for a backup product, wherein the visual display displays the backup status of the clients and servers and targets of the data backup products; and wherein the visual display comprises: a first color-coded object indicating a backup failure for a client or server of a backup product, a second color-coded object indicating a backup success for a client or a server of a backup product, a third color-coded object indicating a backup partial failure for a client or a server of a backup product, and a first mixed color object that indicates the partial failure of a client or server of the data backup product; and wherein the visual display indicates by the color-coded objects.