System and method for management of recovery point objectives of business continuity/disaster recovery IT solutions
First Claim
1. A system for management of Recovery Point Objective (RPO) of a business continuity or disaster recovery solution, the system comprising:
- a management server logically coupled with at least a first computer, at least a second computer, and a network coupling the first and the second computers;
at least one of the first and second computers hosting at least one continuously available application and at least one data protection scheme for replicating the application data;
the application data being periodically replicated from the first computer to at least the second computer;
the system managing RPO by inputting an RPO value for the solution, calculating a real time RPO value for the solution, and making the real time RPO value equal to the input RPO value.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system and method for management of Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) of a business continuity or disaster recovery solution. The system comprises a management server logically coupled with at least a first computer, at least a second computer, and a network coupling the first and the second computers. The first and second computers host at least one continuously available application and at least one data protection scheme for replicating the application data; the application data being periodically replicated from the first computer to at least the second computer. The system manages RPO by inputting an RPO value for the solution, calculating a real time RPO value for the solution, and making the real time RPO value equal to the input RPO value.
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28 Claims
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1. A system for management of Recovery Point Objective (RPO) of a business continuity or disaster recovery solution, the system comprising:
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a management server logically coupled with at least a first computer, at least a second computer, and a network coupling the first and the second computers;
at least one of the first and second computers hosting at least one continuously available application and at least one data protection scheme for replicating the application data;
the application data being periodically replicated from the first computer to at least the second computer;
the system managing RPO by inputting an RPO value for the solution, calculating a real time RPO value for the solution, and making the real time RPO value equal to the input RPO value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for management of Recovery Point Objective (RPO) of a business continuity or disaster recovery solution, the method comprising the steps of:
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a. inputting an RPO value for the solution;
b. calculating a real time RPO value for the solution; and
c. managing the real time RPO value to make it equal to the input RPO value. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for management of Recovery Point Objective (RPO) of a business continuity or disaster recovery solution, the method comprising the steps of:
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a. prompting a user to input a desired RPO value for the solution;
b. computing time and periodic setting values for the solution based on the input RPO value;
c. configuring the solution based on the computed time and periodic setting values;
d. obtaining current state of an application of the solution;
e. obtaining current state of a data protection scheme replicating the application data;
f. obtaining current state of a network supporting the solution;
g. calculating a real time RPO value using at least one of the current obtained values of each of the state of the application, the data protection scheme and the network;
h. repeating steps d to g if the computed RPO value is equal to the input RPO value;
i. raising an alarm if the computed RPO value is not equal to the input RPO value;
j. prompting the user to define at least one corrective policy;
k. performing corrective actions based on the user defined corrective policy if the user defines at least one corrective policy;
elsel. performing corrective actions based on at least one predefined corrective policy; and
m. repeating steps d to g.
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19. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein for management of Recovery Point Objective (RPO) of a business continuity or disaster recovery solution, the computer program product comprising:
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a. program instruction means for inputting an RPO value for the solution;
b. program instruction means for calculating a real time RPO value for the solution; and
c. program instruction means for managing the real time RPO value to make it equal to the input RPO value. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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