Method, system, and apparatus for providing alert synthesis in a data protection system
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1. A method for informing a user of the state of a data protection system, comprising:
- monitoring activities of the data protection system;
determining if there are any potential problems with the data protection system;
if it is determined that there are no potential problems with the data protection system, providing a user an informational report regarding the state of the data protection system;
if it is determined that there are potential problems with the data protection system, determining the severity of the potential problem;
classifying the potential problem based on the severity of the problem; and
providing the user with a report corresponding to the classification of the potential problem.
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Abstract
A method for diagnosing problems with protection of a data source and recovery of the same. The method includes diagnosing a copy of data located at the storage location and diagnosing a temporal version of the copy of data. Based on the diagnosis it is determined whether an error or a warning was detected. If either were detected a response is provided with a suggested solution.
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1. A method for informing a user of the state of a data protection system, comprising:
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monitoring activities of the data protection system;
determining if there are any potential problems with the data protection system;
if it is determined that there are no potential problems with the data protection system, providing a user an informational report regarding the state of the data protection system;
if it is determined that there are potential problems with the data protection system, determining the severity of the potential problem;
classifying the potential problem based on the severity of the problem; and
providing the user with a report corresponding to the classification of the potential problem. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for diagnosing data at a storage location, comprising:
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diagnosing a copy of data located at the storage location;
diagnosing a temporal version of the copy of data;
determining if an error was detected;
if in response to detecting an error, reporting the error and providing a suggested solution;
determining if a warning was detected; and
if in response to detecting a warning, reporting the warning and providing a suggested solution. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for diagnosing a copy of data, comprising:
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determining if the copy is invalid;
in response to determining that the copy is invalid, determining if a validation job is currently running;
determining if a validation job failed; and
reporting an appropriate response. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. In a data protection system having a production location, a storage location, and a communication path for transmitting data between the production location and the storage location, a method for diagnosing a temporal version, the method comprising:
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determining if an oldest intended temporal version is available;
in response to determining that the oldest intended temporal version is available, computing a missing number of temporal versions over a predetermined period of time; and
reporting a response dependent upon a percentage of missing temporal versions over the predetermined period of time. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. In a data protection system having a production location, a storage location, and a communication path for transmitting data between the production location and the storage location, a method for diagnosing a recovery of data from the storage location to the production location, the method comprising:
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determining if a recovery job failed;
in response to determining that a recovery job failed, obtaining a reason for the failure;
reporting an error identifying the failure; and
providing a recommendation to resolve the failure. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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