Method, system, and apparatus for providing alert synthesis in a data protection system

A method for diagnosing data at a storage location, comprising:

• diagnosing a copy of data located at the storage location;
• diagnosing a temporal version of the copy of data;
• determining if an error was detected;
• if in response to detecting an error, reporting the error and providing a suggested solution;
• determining if a warning was detected;
• and
• if in response to detecting a warning, reporting the warning and providing a suggested solution.

A method for diagnosing a copy of data, comprising:

• determining if the copy is invalid;
• in response to determining that the copy is invalid, determining if a validation job is currently running;
• determining if a validation job failed;
• and
• reporting an appropriate response.

In a data protection system having a production location, a storage location, and a communication path for transmitting data between the production location and the storage location, a method for diagnosing a temporal version, the method comprising:

• determining if an oldest intended temporal version is available;
• in response to determining that the oldest intended temporal version is available, computing a missing number of temporal versions over a predetermined period of time;
• and
• reporting a response dependent upon a percentage of missing temporal versions over the predetermined period of time.

In a data protection system having a production location, a storage location, and a communication path for transmitting data between the production location and the storage location, a method for diagnosing a recovery of data from the storage location to the production location, the method comprising:

• determining if a recovery job failed;
• in response to determining that a recovery job failed, obtaining a reason for the failure;
• reporting an error identifying the failure;
• and
• providing a recommendation to resolve the failure.