A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon executable instructions which, when executed by a processor of a computer, cause the computer to perform steps comprising:
- capturing metadata specifying both a data protection policy applied to an enterprise application supported by a host computing system and a location of backup file data associated with the enterprise application;
- transferring the enterprise application and the metadata from the host computing system to a target computing system;
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- utilizing the metadata to reconstruct the data protection policy for the transferred enterprise application on the target computing system, wherein the metadata specifies a data protection solution for each of a plurality of hardware components supporting the transferred enterprise application on the target computing system.