# US 2020/0401556 A1 · Methods, systems, and computer readable mediums for implementing a data protection policy for a transferred enterprise application > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2020/0401556 A1 - Document ID: US20200401556A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/008,280 - Filed: 2020-08-31 - Published: 2020-12-24 - Earliest claimed: 2014-12-29 - Assignees: EMC IP Holding Company LLC - Applicants: Emc IP Holding Company LLC - Inventors: Gregory Lawrence Smith; Michael Barcello - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200401556A1 ## CPC - G06F 11/1458: {Management of the backup or restore process} - G06F 16/13: File access structures, e.g. distributed indices (arrangements of input from, or output to, record carriers G06F3/06) - G06F 11/1464: {for networked environments} - G06F 16/122: {using management policies (point-in-time backing up or restoration of persistent data G06F11/1446; file migration policies for HSM systems G06F16/185)} - G06F 16/21: Design, administration or maintenance of databases - G06F 2201/815: Virtual - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract Methods, systems, and computer readable mediums for logically remediating infrastructure resource components are disclosed. According to one example, the method includes 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 and transferring the enterprise application and the metadata from the host computing system to a target computing system. The method further includes 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 resource components supporting the transferred enterprise application on the target computing system. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for implementing a data protection policy for a transferred enterprise application, the method 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; and 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein each of the host computing system and the target computing system is a converged infrastructure (CI) system. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the target computing system is configured to assess whether the plurality of hardware components on the target computing system has sufficient capability to implement the data protection policy. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 comprising utilizing the transferred metadata to restore at least a portion of the transferred enterprise application on the target computing system. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the data protection policy comprises, for each of the plurality of hardware components, a data protection solution that comprises at least one of a periodic backup, a synchronous data replication process, an asynchronous data replication process, or a business continuity measure. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the data protection solutions for each of the plurality of hardware components is recorded in the metadata. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6 wherein the data protection solution for each of the plurality of hardware components maintains the location of backup file data in accordance with a backup file retention period. ### Claim 8 A system for logically remediating infrastructure resource components, the system comprising: at least one processor; memory; and a data protection policy management (DPPM) module utilizing the at least one processor and memory, wherein the DPPM module is configured to: capture 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; transfer the enterprise application and the metadata from the host computing system to a target computing system; and utilize 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. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8 wherein each of the host computing system and the target computing system is a converged infrastructure (CI) system. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8 wherein the target computing system is configured to assess whether the plurality of hardware components on the target computing system has sufficient capability to implement the data protection policy. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8 wherein the DPPM module is further configured to utilize the transferred metadata to restore at least a portion of the transferred enterprise application on the target computer system. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8 wherein the data protection policy comprises, for each of the plurality of hardware components, a data protection solution that comprises at least one of a periodic backup, a synchronous data replication process, an asynchronous data replication process, or a business continuity measure. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8 wherein the data protection solutions for each of the plurality of hardware components is recorded in the metadata. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13 wherein the data protection solution for each of the plurality of hardware components maintains the location of backup file data in accordance with a backup file retention period. ### Claim 15 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; and 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. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The computer readable medium of claim 15 wherein each of the host computing system and the target computing system is a converged infrastructure (CI) system. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The computer readable medium of claim 15 wherein the target computing system is configured to assess whether the plurality of hardware components on the target computing system has sufficient capability to implement the data protection policy. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The computer readable medium of claim 15 comprising utilizing the transferred metadata to restore at least a portion of the transferred enterprise application on the target computing system. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The computer readable medium of claim 15 wherein the data protection policy comprises, for each of the plurality of hardware components, a data protection solution that comprises at least one of a periodic backup, a synchronous data replication process, an asynchronous data replication process, or a business continuity measure. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The computer readable medium of claim 15 wherein the data protection solutions for each of the plurality of hardware components is recorded in the metadata.