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Policy based resource management for legacy data

  • US 7,685,165 B2
  • Filed: 04/01/2005
  • Issued: 03/23/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer-based method for implementing policy-based management for legacy data comprising the steps of:

  • receiving an input;

    preparing a query to locate one or more data objects that match said received input;

    executing said query and locating said one or more data objects;

    identifying a policy associated with said identified one or more data objects, each data object stored on a respective associated storage device among a plurality of different storage devices, said plurality of different storage devices comprising combinations of;

    storage device in a storage area network (SAN), network attached storage (NAS), legacy storage device, or a remotely located storage device;

    probing each associated storage device and determining at least one property related to the policy, said property comprising any of the following;

    a block-level functionality associated with encrypted data blocks, a file system-level functionality comprising a file system creation time, and an application-level functionality associated with a database integrity constraint;

    identifying any associated storage devices in which the at least one property violates the policy;

    outputting any identified storage devices in which that at least one property violates the policyidentify an additional storage device having the one property that satisfies the policy; and

    migrating those data objects, stored on associated storage devices in which the at least one property violates the policy, to the additional storage device.

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