Method and system for identifying product features based on metadata

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12271504-B2
Application number	US-202318157242-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 20, 2023
Priority date	Jan 20, 2023
Publication date	Apr 8, 2025
Grant date	Apr 8, 2025

Abstract

A method for managing a data protection module includes: obtaining client metadata associated with client environment (CE) data protection modules, in which the client metadata includes first product configuration information; obtaining vendor metadata associated with a vendor environment (VE) data protection module, in which the vendor metadata includes second product configuration information; analyzing the client metadata and vendor metadata to extract relevant data; obtaining product features that are commonly utilized by at least one user of the CE data protection modules; making a first determination that a mismatch exists between the client metadata and vendor metadata; generating a ranked list of the product features that are commonly utilized; identifying a product feature that has the highest rank in the ranked list; making a second determination that the mismatch is a vendor-related mismatch; and sending a recommendation to a user of the VE data protection module to manage the mismatch.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for managing a data protection module, the method comprising:
obtaining client metadata associated with a plurality of client environment (CE) data protection modules, wherein the client metadata comprises at least first product configuration information;
obtaining vendor metadata associated with a vendor environment (VE) data protection module, wherein the vendor metadata comprises at least second product configuration information;
analyzing the client metadata and the vendor metadata to extract relevant data;
obtaining, based on the relevant data, a plurality of product features that are commonly utilized by at least one user of the plurality of CE data protection modules;
making, based on the relevant data, a first determination that a mismatch exists between the client metadata and the vendor metadata;
generating, in response to the first determination, a ranked list of the plurality of product features that are commonly utilized, wherein the ranked list comprises product features ordered based on their respective feature utilization levels;
identifying, based on the ranked list, a product feature that has the highest rank in the ranked list;
making, based on the first determination, a second determination that the mismatch is a vendor-related mismatch; and
sending, based on the second determination, a recommendation to a user of the VE data protection module to manage the vendor-related mismatch.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the product feature is a cloud disaster recovery policy, wherein the cloud disaster recovery policy is configured to recover a network-attached storage device that is utilized by the at least one user.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the product feature is a centralized protection policy, wherein the centralized protection policy is configured to protect a virtual machine, wherein the virtual machine provides at least one computer-implemented service to the at least one user.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first product configuration information specifies at least one selected from a group consisting of a type of each of a plurality of assets, a number of each type of the plurality of assets, a size of each of the plurality of assets, a type of an operating system, and a number of each type of a plurality of data protection policies, wherein the plurality of data protection policies comprises at least the product feature, wherein the product feature is a cloud disaster recovery policy.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second product configuration information specifies at least one selected from a group consisting of a type of each of a plurality of assets, a number of each type of the plurality of assets, a size of each of the plurality of assets, a type of an operating system, and a number of each type of a plurality of data protection policies, wherein the plurality of data protection policies comprises at least the product feature, wherein the product feature is a centralized protection policy.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the feature utilization level of the product feature specifies at least a number of a plurality of users that utilizes the product feature, wherein the plurality of users comprises the at least one user.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the relevant data specifies at least a number of each type of a plurality of assets and a size of each of the plurality of assets.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the vendor-related mismatch specifies that the VE data protection module is under-testing with respect to the product feature.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the recommendation specifies an increase in a number of a plurality of tested assets with respect to the product feature on a testbed.

10. A method for managing a data protection module, the method comprising:
obtaining client metadata associated with a plurality of client environment (CE) data protection modules, wherein the client metadata comprises at least first product configuration information;
obtaining vendor metadata associated with a vendor environment (VE) data protection module, wherein the vendor metadata comprises at least second product configuration information;
analyzing the client metadata and the vendor metadata to extract relevant data;
obtaining, based on the relevant data, a plurality of product features that are commonly utilized by at least one user of the plurality of CE data protection modules;
making, based on the relevant data, a first determination that a mismatch exists between the client metadata and the vendor metadata;
generating, in response to the first determination, a ranked list of the plurality of product features that are commonly utilized, wherein the ranked list comprises product features ordered based on their respective feature utilization levels;
identifying, based on the ranked list, a product feature that has the highest rank in the ranked list;
making, based on the first determination, a second determination that the mismatch is a client-related mismatch; and
sending, based on the second determination, a recommendation to a user of the VE data protection module to manage the client-related mismatch.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the product feature is a cloud disaster recovery policy, wherein the cloud disaster recovery policy is configured to recover a network-attached storage device that is utilized by the at least one user.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the product feature is a centralized protection policy, wherein the centralized protection policy is configured to protect a virtual machine, wherein the virtual machine provides at least one computer-implemented service to the at least one user.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the first product configuration information specifies at least one selected from a group consisting of a type of each of a plurality of assets, a number of each type of the plurality of assets, a size of each of the plurality of assets, a type of an operating system, and a number of each type of a plurality of data protection policies, wherein the plurality of data protection policies comprises at least the product feature, wherein the product feature is a cloud disaster recovery policy.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the second product configuration information specifies at least one selected from a group consisting of a type of each of a plurality of assets, a number of each type of the plurality of assets, a size of each of the plurality of assets, a type of an operating system, and a number of each type of a plurality of data protection policies, wherein the plurality of data protection policies comprises at least the product feature, wherein the product feature is a centralized protection policy.

15. The method of claim 10 , wherein the feature utilization level of the product feature specifies at least a number of a plurality of users that utilizes the product feature, wherein the plurality of users comprises the at least one user.

16. The method of claim 10 , wherein the relevant data specifies at least a number of each type of a plurality of assets and a size of each of the plurality of assets.

17. The method of claim 10 , wherein the client-related mismatch specifies that the VE data protection module is over-testing with respect to the product feature.

18. A system for managing a data protection module, the system comprising:
a processor comprising circuitry;
memory comprising instructions, which when executed perform a method, the method comprising:
obtaining client metadata

Assignees

• Dell Products Lp

Inventors

• Chopra Shelesh
• Kulkarni Gururaj
• Ambaljeri Mahantesh

Classifications

• G06F16/254

  Extract, transform and load [ETL] procedures, e.g. ETL data flows in data warehouses · CPC title

• G06F9/45558

  Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects · CPC title

• G06F16/24578 Primary

  using ranking · CPC title

• G06F2009/45587

  Isolation or security of virtual machine instances · CPC title

• G06F21/6218

  to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database · CPC title