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US 8,478,864 B1Granted
Topology for showing data protection activity
AssigneeSymantec Operating Corporation
InventorRodney J. Martins
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Abstract
Systems, methods, apparatus and software can provide visualization of the topology of a data protection system. Various devices making up the data protection system are displayed using graphical user interface elements such as icons. The display of the devices making up the data protection system illustrates the topology of the data protection system, connections among various system devices, device status information, device activity information, and/or device configuration information.
Claims12
A system comprising:
- data protection manager for performing data back up;
- an administration interface coupled to the data protection manager and for providing a user access to functionality of the data protection manager;
- a topology tool for:
- displaying, using the administration interface, a plurality of graphical user interface (GUI) elements, wherein at least one of the plurality of GUI elements represents at least one of a plurality of data protection system devices including a first protection device that stores backup data;
- and
- responding to the user actuation of the at least one of the plurality of GUI elements by at least one of
- performing a command,
- displaying an additional GUI element, or
- displaying information about the at least one of the plurality of data protection system devices;
- a memory;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory, wherein
- at least one of the data protection manager, the administration interface, or the topology tool are encoded as instructions stored in the memory and executable on the processor;
- wherein the topology tool is further for receiving information about each of the plurality of data protection system devices, wherein the plurality of data protection system devices comprises a first protection device that stores data copied from a first storage device during a backup operation,
- the information comprises job failure information and media loaded information,
- the job failure information indicates whether execution of a job has failed,
- the job is configured to be executed using one of the first protection device or the first storage device, and
- the media loaded information indicates whether the storage media is loaded by the first storage device.
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An apparatus comprising:
- means for receiving information about each of a plurality of data protection system devices, wherein
- the plurality of data protection system devices comprises a first protection device that stores data copied from a first storage device during a backup operation,
- the information comprises job failure information and media loaded information,
- the job failure information indicates whether execution of a job has failed,
- the job is configured to be executed using one of the first protection device or the first storage device, and
- the media loaded information indicates whether the storage media is loaded by the first storage device;
- means for displaying a plurality of graphical user interface (GUI) elements, wherein at least one of the plurality of GUI elements represents at least one of the plurality of data protection system devices;
- and
- wherein the displaying presents an indication of a data protection system topology;
- and
- means for responding to user actuation of the at least one of the plurality of GUI elements by at least one of
- performing a command,
- displaying an additional GUI element, or
- displaying information about the at least one of the plurality of data protection system devices.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, by one or more processors, information about each of a plurality of data protection system devices, wherein
- the plurality of data protection system devices comprises a first protection device that stores data copied from a first storage device during a backup operation,
- the information comprises
- job failure information, and
- media loaded information,
- the job failure information indicates whether execution of a job has failed,
- the job is configured to be executed using one of the first protection device or the first storage device, and
- the media loaded information indicates whether the storage media is loaded by the first storage device;
- displaying, by the one or more processors, a plurality of graphical user interface (GUI) elements, wherein
- at least one of the plurality of GUI elements represents at least one of the plurality of data protection system devices, and
- the displaying presents an indication of a data protection system topology;
- and
- responding to user actuation of the at least one of the plurality of GUI elements by at least one of
- performing a command,
- displaying an additional GUI element, or
- displaying information about the at least one of the plurality of data protection system devices.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.