Ensuring Health and Compliance of Devices

A computer program product, comprising a computer readable hardware storage device storing a computer readable program code, said computer readable program code comprising an algorithm that when executed by a computer processor of a computer system implements a method, said method comprising:

• generating, by said computer processor, backup devices for devices of a list of devices associated with a data storage environment;
• selecting, by said computer processor, a first device from said list of devices;
• determining, by said computer processor, that said first device comprises a supported device;
• determining, by said computer processor, available credentials for connecting and authenticating said first device;
• retrieving, by said computer processor, configuration and operational state data associated with said first device;
• storing, by said computer processor, a snapshot describing said configuration and operational state data;
• selecting, by said computer processor, a first backup device from said backup devices, said first backup device associated with said first device;
• loading, by said computer processor, policies associated with said first backup device;
• evaluating, by said computer processor, each policy of said policies with respect to said backup devices, associated dependencies, and said configuration and operational state data;
• and
• determining, by said computer processor based on results of said evaluating, compliant and non-compliant policies of said policies with respect to said backup devices.

A computer system comprising a computer processor coupled to a computer-readable memory unit, said memory unit comprising instructions that when executed by the computer processor implements a method comprising:

• generating, by said computer processor, backup devices for devices of a list of devices associated with a data storage environment;
• selecting, by said computer processor, a first device from said list of devices;
• determining, by said computer processor, that said first device comprises a supported device;
• determining, by said computer processor, available credentials for connecting and authenticating said first device;
• retrieving, by said computer processor, configuration and operational state data associated with said first device;
• storing, by said computer processor, a snapshot describing said configuration and operational state data;
• selecting, by said computer processor, a first backup device from said backup devices, said first backup device associated with said first device;
• loading, by said computer processor, policies associated with said first backup device;
• evaluating, by said computer processor, each policy of said policies with respect to said backup devices, associated dependencies, and said configuration and operational state data;
• and
• determining, by said computer processor based on results of said evaluating, compliant and non-compliant policies of said policies with respect to said backup devices.