Patent ID: 7840595

Claim:
A method for determining an implemented data protection policy comprising: determining one or more storage objects for which data protection processing is performed, said data protection processing including copying data for each of said one or more storage objects to one or more data protection storage devices; determining one or more recovery points corresponding to each of said one or more storage objects; selecting a data protection method for each of said one or more recovery points, wherein said data protection method selected is associated with said each recovery point and is determined in accordance with a facility and replication type associated with said each recovery point; selecting a data protection category for each of said one or more recovery points, wherein said data protection category selected is associated with said each recovery point and is determined in accordance with said data protection method, a recovery point type, and a recovery point location associated with said each recovery point; and storing a data protection policy indicating an implemented data protection policy for each of said one or more storage objects for at least one data protection category, said data protection policy for said each storage object for a first data protection category including a first data protection method and a first recovery point location associated with at least one of said one or more recovery points corresponding to said each storage object, wherein said first data protection category is determined by said selecting a data protection category and said first data protection method is determined by said selecting a data protection method.