Method and system for reconfiguring a data protection module based on metadata

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12292991-B2
Application number	US-202318181715-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 10, 2023
Priority date	Mar 10, 2023
Publication date	May 6, 2025
Grant date	May 6, 2025

Abstract

A method for managing a data protection module (DPM) includes: obtaining metadata associated with the DPM; analyzing the metadata to extract relevant data; making, based on the relevant data, a first determination that a resource-related change has occurred in the DPM; making, based on the first determination, a second determination that the resource-related change is an increased resource-related change; sending, based on the second determination, the relevant data to a vendor environment (VE) analyzer; in response to sending the relevant data, receiving a recommendation from the VE analyzer; sending the recommendation to a user of a client about the recommendation using a graphical user interface (GUI) of the client; making, after sending the recommendation to the user, a third determination that the DPM is not reconfigured by the user based on the recommendation; and resending, based on the third determination, the recommendation to the user using the GUI.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for managing a data protection module (DPM), the method comprising:
obtaining metadata associated with the DPM, wherein the metadata comprises at least product configuration information;
analyzing, by an analysis server, the metadata to extract relevant data;
making, based on the relevant data, a first determination that a resource-related change has occurred in the DPM;
making, based on the first determination, a second determination that the resource-related change is an increased resource-related change;
sending, by the analysis server over a network and based on the second determination, the relevant data to a vendor environment (VE) analyzer;
in response to sending the relevant data, receiving a recommendation, by the analysis server over the network, from the VE analyzer to decrease the increased resource-related change in the DPM and generate a failure report;
sending the recommendation comprising the failure report to a client over the network to notify a user of the client about the recommendation using a graphical user interface (GUI) of the client;
making, after sending the recommendation to the user, a third determination that the DPM is not reconfigured by the user based on the recommendation; and
resending, based on the third determination, the recommendation to the user using the GUI.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the resource is a number of an asset, wherein the asset is a network-attached storage (NAS) node.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the 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.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the relevant data specifies at least a number of each type of a plurality of network-attached storage (NAS) nodes and a size of each of the plurality of NAS nodes.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the recommendation is generated based on a recommendation lookup table.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the recommendation specifies that the DPM needs to be reconfigured.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the recommendation further specifies an increase in a number of a network-attached storage (NAS) node deployed to the DPM.

8. A method for managing a data protection module (DPM), the method comprising:
obtaining metadata associated with the DPM, wherein the metadata comprises at least product configuration information;
analyzing, by an analysis server, the metadata to extract relevant data;
making, based on the relevant data, a first determination that a resource-related change has occurred in the DPM;
making, based on the first determination, a second determination that the resource-related change is a decreased resource-related change;
sending, by the analysis server over a network and based on the second determination, the relevant data to a vendor environment (VE) analyzer;
in response to sending the relevant data, receiving a recommendation, by the analysis server over the network, from the VE analyzer to decrease the decreased resource-related change in the DPM and generate a failure report;
sending the recommendation comprising the failure report to a client over the network to notify a user of the client about the recommendation using a graphical user interface (GUI) of the client;
making, after sending the recommendation to the user, a third determination that the DPM is not reconfigured by the user based on the recommendation; and
resending, based on the third determination, the recommendation to the user using the GUI.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the resource is a number of an asset, wherein the asset is a network-attached storage (NAS) node.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the 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.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the relevant data specifies at least a number of each type of a plurality of network-attached storage (NAS) nodes and a size of each of the plurality of NAS nodes.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the recommendation is generated based on a recommendation lookup table.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the recommendation specifies that the DPM needs to be reconfigured.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the recommendation further specifies a decrease in a number of a network-attached storage (NAS) node deployed to the DPM.

15. 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 metadata associated with the DPM, wherein the metadata comprises at least product configuration information;
analyzing, by an analysis server, the metadata to extract relevant data;
making, based on the relevant data, a first determination that a resource-related change has occurred in the DPM;
making, based on the first determination, a second determination that the resource-related change is an increased resource-related change;
sending, by the analysis server over a network and based on the second determination, the relevant data to a vendor environment (VE) analyzer;
in response to sending the relevant data, receiving a recommendation, by the analysis server over the network, from the VE analyzer to decrease the increased resource-related change in the DPM and generate a failure report;
sending the recommendation comprising the failure report to a client over the network to notify a user of the client about the recommendation using a graphical user interface (GUI) of the client;
making, after sending the recommendation to the user, a third determination that the DPM is not reconfigured by the user based on the recommendation; and
resending, based on the third determination, the recommendation to the user using the GUI.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the resource is a number of an asset, wherein the asset is a network-attached storage (NAS) node.

17. The system of claim 15 , wherein the 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.

18. The system of claim 15 , wherein the relevant data specifies at least a number of each type of a plurality of network-attached storage (NAS) nodes and a size of each of the plurality of NAS nodes.

19. The system of claim 15 , wherein the recommendation is generated based on a recommendation lookup table.

20. The system of claim 15 , wherein the recommendation specifies that the DPM needs to be reconfigured.

Assignees

• Dell Products Lp

Inventors

• Kulkarni Gururaj
• Chopra Shelesh
• Ambaljeri Mahantesh

Classifications

• G06F16/1827 Primary

  Management specifically adapted to NAS (management of storage area networks [SAN] G06F3/067) · CPC title

• G06F21/6218 Primary

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