Delegation of discovery functions in information management system
First Claim
1. In an information management service operating in a network, a method of improving information management efficiency, the method comprising:
- an information management server offloading one or more information management operations by delegating the one or more information management operations to one or more external computing resources in a network, wherein the information management server provides intelligence to the one or more external computing resources to perform the one or more information management operations, wherein the one or more external computing resources perform the information management operations to collect information from objects in the network, the objects including at least data objects stored in the network;
the information management server receiving the collected information from the one or more external computing resources, the collected information identifying objects in the network;
the information management server identifying services for each object in the network, wherein the information management server uses the collected information to consider the objects individually when identifying the services; and
the information management and the external computing resources providing information management for each object individually within the network, wherein providing the information management to the objects includes classifying each data object based at least on the collected information in at least one category, assigning service levels to each data object based on the assigned categories, and orchestrating the services for the objects within the network based on the assigned service levels.
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Abstract
Environment and/or file discovery operations are delegated by an information management service in a network to external computing resources. The external computing resource performs discovery operations to discover objects in the network, which may include discovering every object in the network, or discovering only new, changed, and/or deleted objects in the network. Discovery information identifying the discovered objects is reported back to the information management service. The information management service uses the discovery information to perform information management, including classification of discovered objects into categories, mapping categories to service level objectives that include one or more services, and orchestrating execution of the one or more services. Optionally, the information management service can delegate classification, service level management, and/or orchestration of services to one or more additional external computing resources.
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18 Claims
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1. In an information management service operating in a network, a method of improving information management efficiency, the method comprising:
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an information management server offloading one or more information management operations by delegating the one or more information management operations to one or more external computing resources in a network, wherein the information management server provides intelligence to the one or more external computing resources to perform the one or more information management operations, wherein the one or more external computing resources perform the information management operations to collect information from objects in the network, the objects including at least data objects stored in the network; the information management server receiving the collected information from the one or more external computing resources, the collected information identifying objects in the network; the information management server identifying services for each object in the network, wherein the information management server uses the collected information to consider the objects individually when identifying the services; and the information management and the external computing resources providing information management for each object individually within the network, wherein providing the information management to the objects includes classifying each data object based at least on the collected information in at least one category, assigning service levels to each data object based on the assigned categories, and orchestrating the services for the objects within the network based on the assigned service levels. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An information management service server for managing information in a computing environment, the service server comprising:
a storage device including; an environment discovery module configured for discovering the configuration and state of environment objects within the computing environment; a classification module configured for categorizing objects, including the environment objects and data objects within the computing environment; and an orchestration module configured for executing policies in regard to the categorized objects to manage services provided to at least the data objects, wherein instructions for performing a function of the environment discovery module and of the classification module are offloaded to an external computing source by delegating the function to the external computing resource device, wherein the external computing resource performs the instructions for the service server, wherein the server operates with the external computing source to perform information management based on results of the instructions performed by the external computing resource to at least identify services for each object individually in the network. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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