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System and method to proactively and intelligently schedule disaster recovery (DR) drill(s)/test(s) in computing system environment

  • US 9,465,708 B2
  • Filed: 12/31/2013
  • Issued: 10/11/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for using a configuration monitoring system for scheduling a disaster recovery drill/test for a production site comprising a plurality of production computer equipment equipped with applications that are regularly updated for replicating with a recovery site comprising a plurality of recovery computer equipment configured to replicate the functionality of the production site, said configuration monitoring system comprising a computer system configured for executing software applications for automatically performing the steps of:

  • storing in the computer system a list of applications used at said production site;

    storing in the computer system user policies related to user preferences for drill/test scheduling;

    storing in the computer system a list of scheduled drills/tests for replicating said production site with said recovery site;

    determining the next scheduled drill/test from said list of scheduled drills/tests;

    determining, based on evaluating the user policies and the list of applications, whether the next scheduled drill/test satisfies the user policies and if not scheduling a new drill/test, wherein if the next scheduled drill/test satisfies the user policies, performing the steps of;

    obtaining, from the production site over a communication network, a list of changes implemented at the production site that have occurred since a preceding drill/test,assigning a severity level to each change on the list of changes, wherein said severity level ranges up to a critical level, andif any of the changes on the list of changes is assigned to the critical level scheduling a new drill/test, otherwise determining whether the compilation of severity levels exceeds a predetermined value, in which case performing the step of scheduling a new drill/test;

    and if no new drill/test has been scheduled, continue to follow the list of scheduled drills/tests without any new drill/test being scheduled.

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