Patent ID: 8863224

Claim:
A method of computerized managing a plurality of data protection (DP) resources by a processor coupled to a non-transitory computer readable memory, the method comprising: a) obtaining data related to at least part of the DP resources among said plurality of DP resources, wherein at least part of data is obtained by automated collecting and/or automated processing of the collected data; b) accommodating the obtained data in the memory thus giving rise to accommodated data; c) processing the accommodated data by the processor, said processing resulting in identifying at least one data protection (DP) scheme characterizing a combination of DP resources and a relationship thereof, wherein said relationship is characterized, at least, by a data protection technique implemented with regard to, at least said combination of DP resources; and d) identifying at least one data protection (DP) gap with regard to at least one group of DP resources in said identified DP scheme by the processor, wherein said group of DP resources is other than a layout path characterized by a sequence of storage replication techniques used between a source and a target data accommodating resources, and wherein said DP gap is characterized by a gap profile specified as a combination of said group of DP resources and a condition indicative of one or more predefined DP violations in said group of DP resources.