METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MIGRATING DATA FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES

• US 20110276821A1
• Filed: 05/06/2010
• Published: 11/10/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Kumar, Sunil, Prabhu, Vinodh, Gudlavenkatasiva, Bhaskar R.
• Granted Patent: US 8,862,937 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 714/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0751 Error or fault detection not based on redundancy power supply failures G06F1/30; network fault management H04L41/06

Abstract

An approach is provided for migrating data. Data is received from a plurality of source systems. The received data is processed for conversion to a target system. A failure condition associated with the processing is detected. An action is selectively initiated from a point of failure corresponding to the detected failure condition. The action includes either retrying the processing, aborting the processing, initiating simulation of the process, forcing completion of the processing, or a combination thereof.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving data from a plurality of source systems;

processing the received data for conversion to a target system;

detecting a failure condition associated with the processing; and

selectively initiating an action from a point of failure corresponding to the detected failure condition, wherein the action includes either retrying the processing, aborting the processing, initiating simulation of the process, forcing completion of the processing, or a combination thereof.

2. A method according to claim 1, further comprising:

initiating loading of the converted data to the target system; and

initiating transmission of the converted data to a downstream system.

3. A method according to claim 1, further comprising:

validating integrity of the received data with respect to format and content; and

generating an error report specifying one or more data integrity errors based on the validation of the received data.

4. A method according to claim 1, further comprising:

aborting the processing in response to the detected failure condition by undoing one or more tasks associated with the processing.

5. A method according to claim 1, further comprising:

initiating simulation of the processing of the received data.

6. A method according to claim 1, further comprising:

initiating completion of the processing irrespective of the detected failure condition.

7. A method according to claim 1, wherein the retrying is performed at an entity level, a transaction level, a group level, or a source system level.

8. A method according to claim 1, further comprising:

determining mode of the processing of the received data, where the mode includes a hold mode specifying waiting for a manual intervention upon the detection of the failure condition, and an auto mode that specifies aborting the processing without waiting for the manual intervention.

9. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code,

the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following,

receive data from a plurality of source systems;

process the received data for conversion to a target system;

detect a failure condition associated with the processing; and

selectively initiate an action from a point of failure corresponding to the detected failure condition, wherein the action includes either retrying the processing, aborting the processing, initiating simulation of the process, forcing completion of the processing, or a combination thereof.

10. An apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

initiate loading of the converted data to the target system; and

initiate transmission of the converted data to a downstream system.

11. An apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

validate integrity of the received data with respect to format and content; and

generate an error report specifying one or more data integrity errors based on the validation of the received data.

12. An apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

abort the processing in response to the detected failure condition by undoing one or more tasks associated with the processing.

13. An apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

initiate simulation of the processing of the received data.

14. An apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

initiate completion of the processing irrespective of the detected failure condition.

15. An apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the retrying is performed at an entity level, a transaction level, a group level, or a source system level.

16. An apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine mode of the processing of the received data, where the mode includes a hold mode specifying waiting for a manual intervention upon the detection of the failure condition, and an auto mode that specifies aborting the processing without waiting for the manual intervention.

17. A system comprising:

a migration platform configured to receive data from a plurality of source systems over one or more communication networks, to process the received data for conversion to a target system,

wherein the platform is further configured to detect a failure condition associated with the processing, and to selectively retry the processing from a point of failure corresponding to the detected failure condition.

18. A system according to claim 17, wherein the platform is further configured to initiate loading of the converted data to the target system, and to initiate transmission of the converted data to a downstream system.

19. A system according to claim 17, wherein the platform is further configured to validate integrity of the received data with respect to format and content, and to generate an error report specifying one or more data integrity errors based on the validation of the received data.

20. A system according to claim 17, wherein the platform is further configured to abort the processing in response to the detected failure condition by undoing one or more tasks associated with the processing.