Patent ID: 8244792
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. In a computer network including an at least one computing device, an at least one storage object, an at least one data protection server device, and an at least one data protection storage device, an apparatus for an assessment of the quality of a recovery process, the apparatus comprising the elements of: a data protection policy builder component to create at least one data protection rule associated with an organization operating the computer network, the at least one data protection rule being used to control a backup process and indicating that a first storage object is a candidate for backup, the at least one data protection rule comprising a data protection rules repository; a network computer-level analyzer component to compare an at least one network computer with an at least one data protection input parameter of the at least one data protection rule; a network storage object-level analyzer component to compare an at least one network storage object with the at least one data protection input parameter of the at least one data protection rule, and with data protection result output data of at least one data protection server index, wherein the at least one network storage object is a previously backed up storage object and the network storage object-level analyzer component performs recovery logic analysis to validate ability to subsequently restore the at least one network storage object, wherein the recovery logic analysis uses a plurality of control fields including a first control field having a value indicating whether additional storage objects or a dependency component are backed up with said at least one network storage object and a second control field having a value indicating whether said at least one network storage object is down or in a backup mode when backed up, wherein said first control field is one of a plurality of dependency type values including a first dependency type value indicating that said at least one network storage object is backed up together with a following identified dependency component a second dependency type value indicating that said at least one network storage object is backed up without a following identified dependency component, and a third dependency type value indicating that additional storage objects are backed up when said at least one network storage object is backed up; and a rejected objects identifier component to identify anomalous or rejected objects in accordance with results generated by the data protection policy builder component or by the network computer-level analyzer component or by the network storage object-level analyzer component, wherein said anomalous or rejected objects identified by said rejected objects identifier component include objects omitted from a data protection process or which have been backed up improperly.