Using asset dependencies to identify the recovery set and optionally automate and/or optimize the recovery

A computer accessible storage medium storing a plurality of instructions comprising instructions which, when executed:

• identify dependencies among a plurality of assets on a computer system, wherein a dependent asset of the plurality of assets has a dependency on another asset of the plurality of assets if the dependent asset requires that the other asset is in place for correct operation of the dependent asset;
• record the dependencies among the plurality of assets in an asset dependency data structure, wherein the recording comprises dynamically updating the dependencies during operation;
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• responsive to an identification of a selected asset for potential recovery, identify an asset dependency set corresponding to the selected asset using the asset dependency data structure, the asset dependency set comprising at least a subset of the plurality of assets, wherein each asset in the subset has a dependency with the selected asset, wherein the dependency between each asset and the selected asset is recorded in the asset dependency data structure, and wherein the subset comprises a second asset that depends on the selected asset;
• and
• recover assets in the subset, including:
• recovering one or more assets on which the selected asset depends;
• recovering the selected asset subsequent to recovering the one or more assets responsive to the dependency of the selected asset on the one or more assets;
• and
• recovering the second asset subsequent to recovering the selected asset responsive to the dependency of the second asset on the selected asset.

A computer accessible storage medium storing a plurality of instructions comprising instructions which, when executed:

• identify dependencies among a plurality of assets on a computer system, wherein a dependent asset of the plurality of assets has a dependency on another asset of the plurality of assets if the dependent asset requires that the other asset is in place for correct operation of the dependent asset;
• record the dependencies among the plurality of assets in an asset dependency data structure, wherein the recording comprises dynamically updating the dependencies during operation;
• responsive to an identification of a selected asset for potential recovery, identify an asset dependency set corresponding to the selected asset using the asset dependency data structure, the asset dependency set comprising at least a subset of the plurality of assets, wherein each asset in the subset has a dependency with the selected asset;
• form a recovery set from the asset dependency set, the recovery set comprising at least a subset of the assets in the asset dependency set;
• determine a recovery order for the recovery set, the recovery order ensuring that each given asset in the recovery set is recovered prior to other assets in the recovery set that depend on the given asset, wherein determining the recovery order includes identifying independent recovery paths in the recovery order and parallelizing recovery of the independent recovery paths, each independent recovery path comprising serialized recovery of one or more assets.