Patent ID: 7603376

Claim:
A method, implemented in a computerized device, in which at least one computer system accesses instructions from computer storage and executes the instructions comprising: displaying multiple criterion of a scanning policy, wherein at least one criteria comprises a file type; sending the scanning policy to a host to be applied to storage allocated to the host; receiving a data summary generated by the host, the data summary based on data obtained as a result of the host applying the scanning policy to the storage allocated to the host; and rendering at least a portion of the data summary in a report summary, the report summary displaying an indication of file space currently consumed by at least one file having the file type in the storage allocated to the host, wherein the scanning policy includes a first set of rules to: (i) identify multiple files having the file type located amongst multiple respective folders and sub-folders in the storage allocated to the host; (ii) collect all the identified multiple files; and (iii) place all the identified multiple files in a temporary storage location to be stored at the temporary storage location for a predetermined amount of time; wherein displaying multiple criterion of a scanning policy in a graphical user interface includes: displaying the multiple criterion of the scanning policy in a first section of a graphical user interface upon detecting selection of a selectable tab corresponding to the scanning policy; and in a second section of the graphical user interface, displaying a selectable list of multiple additional scanning policies; and wherein displaying the selectable list of multiple scanning policies includes: while displaying the multiple criterion of the scanning policy in the first section of the graphical user interface, displaying a failure rate of at least one of the additional scanning policies in the second section of the graphical user interface.