System for migrating data using dynamic feedback

• US 10,430,270 B2
• Filed: 12/04/2017
• Issued: 10/01/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bank of America Corp.
• Original Assignee: Bank of America Corp.
• Inventors: Chowdhury, Sanjib Kumar
• Primary Examiner(s): Butler, Sarai E
• Application Number:
  US15/831,055
• Publication Number:
  US 20190171514A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• Field of Search: 714 16
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0709 in a distributed system consisting of a plurality of standalone computer nodes, e.g. clusters, client-server systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0727 in a storage system, e.g. in a DASD or network based storage system drivers for digital recording or reproducing units G06F3/06; circuits for error detection or correction within digital recording or reproducing units G11B20/18; for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS], H04L67/1097
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0751 Error or fault detection not based on redundancy power supply failures G06F1/30; network fault management H04L41/06
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0787 Storage of error reports, e.g. persistent data storage, storage using memory protection
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/079 Root cause analysis, i.e. error or fault diagnosis in a hardware test environment G06F11/22; in a software test environment G06F11/36
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0793 Remedial or corrective actions recovery from an exception in an instruction pipeline G06F9/3861; by retry G06F11/1402; for recovering from a failure of a protocol instance or entity H04L69/40
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0604 Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. storage management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0605 by facilitating the interaction with a user or administrator
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0619 in relation to data integrity, e.g. data losses, bit errors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/064 Management of blocks
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0647 Migration mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/067 Distributed or networked storage systems, e.g. storage area networks [SAN], network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0671 In-line storage system

Abstract

The invention migrates data within a networked computing environment using dynamic feedback. Embodiments record, in a first database, dynamic implementation feedback data from an output of an adaptive decision engine, the dynamic implementation feedback data comprising data representing experience and impact of previously completed data migration projects; identify a first problem statement for data migration, the first problem statement comprising identification of data requiring migration; determine, based at least in part on the first problem statement, a first potential solution for data migration, the first potential solution comprising identification of a plurality of relevant systems and a plurality of process steps for using the plurality of systems to accomplish the data migration; determine a final solution based on the first potential solution; and determine, based on a calculated impact of the final solution, whether to implement the final solution.

Claims

1. A system for migrating data within a networked computing environment using dynamic feedback, the system comprising:

at least one memory device;

at least one network communication interface connected to a network; and

at least one processing device operatively coupled to the memory device and the network communication interface, wherein the processing device is configured to execute computer-readable program code to;

record, in a first database, dynamic implementation feedback data from an output of an adaptive decision engine, the dynamic implementation feedback data comprising data representing experience and impact of previously completed data migration projects;

identify a first problem statement for data migration, the first problem statement comprising identification of data requiring migration;

determine, based at least in part on the first problem statement, a first potential solution for data migration, the first potential solution comprising identification of a plurality of relevant systems and a plurality of process steps for using the plurality of systems to accomplish the data migration, the determining comprising;

accessing, by a first supportive decision engine and using the first database, the dynamic implementation feedback data;

comparing at least one characteristic of the first problem statement to the dynamic implementation feedback data, thereby identifying at least one similar previous data migration project; and

populating the first potential solution with identification of at least one relevant system and/or at least one process step utilized in the at least one similar previous data migration project;

determine a final solution based on the first potential solution; and

determine, based on a calculated impact of the final solution, whether to implement the final solution.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing device is further configured to execute computer-readable program code to:

determine whether to replace the first potential solution with a second potential solution, the determining comprising;

accessing, by a second supportive decision engine, and using a second database comprising dynamic system configuration data and dynamic third party tool data, the dynamic system configuration data and the dynamic third party tool data;

determining, using the dynamic system configuration data and dynamic third party tool data, whether implementation of the first potential solution would cause changes to the networked computing environment;

if so, populating a second potential solution comprising identification of a plurality of relevant systems and a plurality of process steps for using the plurality of relevant systems to accomplish the data migration, thereby determining that the second potential solution is the final solution; and

if not, determining that the first potential solution is the final solution.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the processing device is further configured to execute computer-readable program code to:

record, in the second database, the dynamic system configuration data and dynamic third party tool data.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the processing device is further configured to execute computer-readable program code to:

determine an impact of implementation of the final solution, the determining comprising;

accessing, by a third supportive decision engine and using a third database, dynamic expert data;

comparing at least one characteristic of the final solution to the dynamic expert data, thereby identifying at least one similar previous solution; and

calculating, based on a comparison, an impact of implementing the final solution.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the processing device is further configured to execute computer-readable program code to:

compare, using the adaptive decision engine, the impact to a predetermined threshold; and

perform engine final processing of the final solution, the performing comprising;

if the impact is greater than the threshold, escalate the final solution and the impact to an administrative system for evaluation; and

if the impact is less than the threshold, automatically implement the final solution.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein processing device is further configured to execute computer-readable program code to:

output, by the adaptive decision engine and based on the performing engine final processing, the dynamic implementation feedback data from an output of an adaptive decision engine; and

wherein the recording the dynamic implementation feedback data from an output of an adaptive decision engine comprises receiving the dynamic implementation feedback data from an output of an adaptive decision engine at the first database.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein processing device is further configured to execute computer-readable program code to:

generate, by the adaptive decision engine, the first problem statement based on one or more system logs.

8. A computer program product for migrating data within a networked computing environment using dynamic feedback, the computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer readable medium having computer-readable program code portions embodied therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:

an executable portion configured for recording, in a first database, dynamic implementation feedback data from an output of an adaptive decision engine, the dynamic implementation feedback data comprising data representing experience and impact of previously completed data migration projects;

an executable portion configured for identifying a first problem statement for data migration, the first problem statement comprising identification of data requiring migration;

an executable portion configured for determining, based at least in part on the first problem statement, a first potential solution for data migration, the first potential solution comprising identification of a plurality of relevant systems and a plurality of process steps for using the plurality of systems to accomplish the data migration, the determining comprising;

an executable portion configured for accessing, by a first supportive decision engine and using the first database, the dynamic implementation feedback data;

an executable portion configured for comparing at least one characteristic of the first problem statement to the dynamic implementation feedback data, thereby identifying at least one similar previous data migration project; and

an executable portion configured for populating the first potential solution with identification of at least one relevant system and/or at least one process step utilized in the at least one similar previous data migration project;

an executable portion configured for determining a final solution based on the first potential solution; and

an executable portion configured for determining, based on a calculated impact of the final solution, whether to implement the final solution.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the computer-readable program code portions further comprise:

an executable portion configured for determining whether to replace the first potential solution with a second potential solution, the determining comprising;

accessing, by a second supportive decision engine, and using a second database comprising dynamic system configuration data and dynamic third party tool data, the dynamic system configuration data and the dynamic third party tool data;

determining, using the dynamic system configuration data and dynamic third party tool data, whether implementation of the first potential solution would cause changes to the networked computing environment;

if so, populating a second potential solution comprising identification of a plurality of relevant systems and a plurality of process steps for using the plurality of relevant systems to accomplish the data migration, thereby determining that the second potential solution is the final solution; and

if not, determining that the first potential solution is the final solution.

10. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the computer-readable program code portions further comprise:

an executable portion configured for recording, in the second database, the dynamic system configuration data and dynamic third party tool data.

11. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the computer-readable program code portions further comprise:

an executable portion configured for determining an impact of implementation of the final solution, the determining comprising;

accessing, by a third supportive decision engine and using a third database, dynamic expert data;

comparing at least one characteristic of the final solution to the dynamic expert data, thereby identifying at least one similar previous solution; and

calculating, based on a comparison, an impact of implementing the final solution.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the computer-readable program code portions further comprise:

an executable portion configured for comparing, using the adaptive decision engine, the impact to a predetermined threshold; and

an executable portion configured for performing engine final processing of the final solution, the performing comprising;

if the impact is greater than the threshold, escalate the final solution and the impact to an administrative system for evaluation; and

if the impact is less than the threshold, automatically implement the final solution.

13. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the computer-readable program code portions further comprise:

an executable portion configured for outputting, by the adaptive decision engine and based on the performing engine final processing, the dynamic implementation feedback data from an output of an adaptive decision engine; and

wherein the recording the dynamic implementation feedback data from an output of an adaptive decision engine comprises receiving the dynamic implementation feedback data from an output of an adaptive decision engine at the first database.

14. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the computer-readable program code portions further comprise:

an executable portion configured for generating, by the adaptive decision engine, the first problem statement based on one or more system logs.

15. A computer implemented method for migrating data within a networked computing environment using dynamic feedback, the computer implemented method comprising:

recording, in a first database, dynamic implementation feedback data from an output of an adaptive decision engine, the dynamic implementation feedback data comprising data representing experience and impact of previously completed data migration projects;

identifying a first problem statement for data migration, the first problem statement comprising identification of data requiring migration;

determining, based at least in part on the first problem statement, a first potential solution for data migration, the first potential solution comprising identification of a plurality of relevant systems and a plurality of process steps for using the plurality of systems to accomplish the data migration, the determining comprising;

accessing, by a first supportive decision engine and using the first database, the dynamic implementation feedback data;

comparing at least one characteristic of the first problem statement to the dynamic implementation feedback data, thereby identifying at least one similar previous data migration project; and

populating the first potential solution with identification of at least one relevant system and/or at least one process step utilized in the at least one similar previous data migration project;

determining a final solution based on the first potential solution; and

determining, based on a calculated impact of the final solution, whether to implement the final solution.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 15, further comprising:

determining whether to replace the first potential solution with a second potential solution, the determining comprising;

accessing, by a second supportive decision engine, and using a second database comprising dynamic system configuration data and dynamic third party tool data, the dynamic system configuration data and the dynamic third party tool data;

determining, using the dynamic system configuration data and dynamic third party tool data, whether implementation of the first potential solution would cause changes to the networked computing environment;

if so, populating a second potential solution comprising identification of a plurality of relevant systems and a plurality of process steps for using the plurality of relevant systems to accomplish the data migration, thereby determining that the second potential solution is the final solution; and

if not, determining that the first potential solution is the final solution.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 16, further comprising:

recording, in the second database, the dynamic system configuration data and dynamic third party tool data.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 15, further comprising:

determining an impact of implementation of the final solution, the determining comprising;

accessing, by a third supportive decision engine and using a third database, dynamic expert data;

comparing at least one characteristic of the final solution to the dynamic expert data, thereby identifying at least one similar previous solution; and

calculating, based on a comparison, an impact of implementing the final solution.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 18, further comprising:

comparing, using the adaptive decision engine, the impact to a predetermined threshold; and

performing engine final processing of the final solution, the performing comprising;

if the impact is greater than the threshold, escalate the final solution and the impact to an administrative system for evaluation; and

if the impact is less than the threshold, automatically implement the final solution.

20. The computer-implemented method of claim 19, further comprising:

outputting, by the adaptive decision engine and based on the performing engine final processing, the dynamic implementation feedback data from an output of an adaptive decision engine; and

wherein the recording the dynamic implementation feedback data from an output of an adaptive decision engine comprises receiving the dynamic implementation feedback data from an output of an adaptive decision engine at the first database.