Snapshot capability-aware discovery of tagged application resources

A computer-implemented method for snapshot capability-aware discovery of tagged application resources, the computer-implemented method comprising:

• determining, by a backup server, whether an identifier of an application resource, of a plurality of application resources associated with an application, is input with any snapshot capable tag, in response to inputting the identifier of the application resource from an application host that hosts the application;
• determining, by the backup server, whether the application resource satisfies any of a set of snapshot policy rules, in response to a determination that the identifier of the application resource is input with any snapshot capable tag;
• identifying, by the backup server, a data protection policy associated with any satisfied snapshot policy rules, in response to a determination that the application resource satisfies any of the set of snapshot policy rules;
• and
• outputting, by the backup server, a request to create, based on the identified data protection policy, a snapshot of the application resource that is input with the associated snapshot capable tag, to the application host.

A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium having a computer-readable program code embodied therein to be executed by one or more processors, the program code including instructions to:

• determine, by a backup server, whether an identifier of an application resource, of a plurality of application resources associated with an application, is input with any snapshot capable tag, in response to inputting the identifier of the application resource from an application host that hosts the application;
• determine, by the backup server, whether the application resource satisfies any of a set of snapshot policy rules, in response to a determination that the identifier of the application resource is input with any snapshot capable tag;
• identify, by the backup server, a data protection policy associated with any satisfied snapshot policy rules, in response to a determination that the application resource satisfies any of the set of snapshot policy rules;
• and
• output, by the backup server, a request to create, based on the identified data protection policy, a snapshot of the application resource that is input with the associated snapshot capable tag, to the application host.