Systems and methods for business impact analysis and disaster recovery

A method for business impact analysis and disaster recovery, wherein the method comprises steps of:

• a) tracking, through a tracking sub-system that is coupled to the processor, business function parameters for any change at one of an operation site and a disaster recovery site, said tracking sub-system being operatively coupled with a query engine module that starts a handshake with one or more servers at one of the operation site and the disaster recovery site;
• b) entering, through an input interface of an input device, the business function parameters and limiting parameters of the said business function parameters wherein said limiting parameters defines limits of said business function parameters and are associated to the said business function parameters, and wherein the business function parameters and limiting parameters are stored in the storage device, and wherein the business function parameters are configured to collect information about the state of the infrastructure at either the operation site and/or the disaster recovery site to:
• (i) determine health of disaster recovery storage arrays;
• (ii) upon the condition that the disaster recovery storage arrays are healthy, determine presence of and health of database servers;
• (iii) upon the condition that the database servers are healthy, determine whether database instances are running;
• (iv) upon the condition that the database instances are running, check for replication connectivity links and determine whether the replication connectivity links are working;
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• (v) upon the condition that the replication connectivity links are working, determine status of application servers;
• c) calculating the impact by an impact calculator of a change in said business function parameters if said business function parameters cross the limits defined by the said limiting parameters and upon being tracked by said tracking sub-system, wherein the tracking sub-system, being responsive to the processor, automatically creates event rules based on an algorithm and comparison matrix to trigger the impact calculator;
• d) conducting a business impact analysis in real time to generate, a business impact analysis report based on factors selected from any or a combination of said business function parameters, change occurred in said business function parameters, and impact calculated by said impact calculator;
• e) based on the business impact analysis, performing an assessment action plan of generating an alert message along with the impact analysis report to be transmitted and displayed on a user's electronic device screen;
• f) waiting for the user to respond to the alert message, wherein the user is able to respond by opening the alert message, typing an action that is being initiated, and turning the alert to a closed state;
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• g) if the alert is not turned to closed stated by the user within a configured threshold, assuming that problem is unresolved and further notify a next level of configured users as per an escalation matrix with the impact analysis report, and a suggestion to get failover triggered quickly to move the business function parameters to the data recovery site.

A non-transitory computer program product for business impact analysis and disaster recovery, the non-transitory computer program product comprising instructions executable by a processor of a system for:

• a) tracking, through a tracking sub-system that is coupled to the processor, business function parameters for any change at one of an operation site and a disaster recovery site, said tracking sub-system being operatively coupled with a query engine module that starts a handshake with one or more servers at one of the operation site and the disaster recovery site;
• b) entering, through an input interface of an input device, the business function parameters and limiting parameters of the said business function parameters wherein said limiting parameters defines limits of said business function parameters and are associated to the said business function parameters, and wherein the business function parameters and limiting parameters are stored in the storage device, and wherein the business function parameters are configured to collect information about the state of the infrastructure at either the operation site and/or the disaster recovery site to:
• (i) determine health of disaster recovery storage arrays;
• (ii) upon the condition that the disaster recovery storage arrays are healthy, determine presence of and health of database servers;
• (iii) upon the condition that the database servers are healthy, determine whether database instances are running;
• (iv) upon the condition that the database instances are running, check for replication connectivity links and determine whether the replication connectivity links are working;
• and
• (v) upon the condition that the replication connectivity links are working, determine status of application servers;
• c) calculating the impact by an impact calculator of a change in said business function parameters if said business function parameters cross the limits defined by the said limiting parameters and upon being tracked by said tracking sub-system, wherein the tracking sub-system, being responsive to the processor, automatically creates event rules based on an algorithm and comparison matrix to trigger the impact calculator;
• d) conducting a business impact analysis in real time to generate, a business impact analysis report based on factors selected from any or a combination of said business function parameters, change occurred in said business function parameters, and impact calculated by said impact calculators;
• e) based on the business impact analysis, performing an assessment action plan of generating an alert message along with the impact analysis report to be transmitted and displayed on a user's electronic device screen;
• f) waiting for the user to respond to the alert message, wherein the user is able to respond by opening the alert message, typing an action that is being initiated, and turning the alert to a closed state;
• and
• g) if the alert is not turned to closed stated by the user within a configured threshold, assuming that problem is unresolved and further notify a next level of configured users as per an escalation matrix with the impact analysis report, and a suggestion to get failover triggered quickly to move the business function parameters to the data recovery site.