Discovery and configuration of disaster recovery information

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising program instructions executable to perform a method comprising:

• automatically discovering infrastructure information regarding a first object, wherein
• the first object is an application or virtual machine, and
• the infrastructure information identifies one or more assets upon which the first object depends for performance of one or more operations;
• storing the discovered infrastructure information in a database;
• generating disaster recovery (DR) configuration information based on the discovered infrastructure information stored in the database, wherein
• the configuration information is arranged in a uniform object dependency format including an identification of the one or more assets upon which the first object depends, and
• the one or more assets on which the first object depends are arranged in the uniform object dependency format according to layers, wherein the layers include
• a virtualization layer identifying the first object,
• a replication layer identifying a configuration of replication assets upon which the first object depends, if any,
• a network layer identifying a configuration of network assets upon which the first object depends, if any, and
• a storage layer identifying a configuration of storage assets upon which the first object depends, if any;
• storing the DR configuration information in the database;
• creating a disaster recovery workflow based on the DR configuration information, wherein the disaster recovery workflow comprises an operation for shutting down the first object at a primary site, and an operation for provisioning the first-object at a recovery site;
• detecting a failure occurring at the primary site, wherein
• the primary site includes a plurality of objects including the first object;
• and
• in response to detecting the failure occurring at the primary site, executing the disaster recovery workflow to restart the first object and the one or more assets at the recovery site.

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a memory coupled to the one or more processors, wherein the memory stores program instructions executable by the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:
• automatically discovering infrastructure information regarding a first object, wherein
• the first object is an application or virtual machine, and
• the infrastructure information identifies one or more assets upon which the first object depends for performance of one or more operations;
• storing the discovered infrastructure information in a database;
• generating disaster recovery (DR) configuration information based on the discovered infrastructure information stored in the database, wherein
• the configuration information is arranged in a uniform object dependency format including an identification of the one or more assets upon which the object depends, and
• the one or more assets on which the first object depends are arranged in the uniform object dependency format according to layers, wherein the layers include
• a virtualization layer identifying the first object,
• a replication layer identifying a configuration of replication assets upon which the first object depends, if any,
• a network layer identifying a configuration of network assets upon which the first object depends, if any, and
• a storage layer identifying a configuration of storage assets upon which the first object depends, if any;
• storing the DR configuration information in the database;
• creating a disaster recovery workflow based on the DR configuration information, wherein the disaster recovery workflow comprises an operation for shutting down the first object at a primary site, and an operation for provisioning the first-object at a recovery site;
• detecting a failure occurring at the primary site comprising a plurality of virtual machines, wherein
• the primary site includes a plurality of objects including the first object;
• and
• in response to detecting the failure occurring at the primary site, executing the disaster recovery workflow to restart the first object and the one or more assets at the recovery site.