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US 9,430,125 B1Granted
Simplifying rules generation for an event-based analysis engine
AssigneesEMC International Company, EMC Corporation
InventorsAharon Blitzer, Aviram Katz, Amit Lieberman, Amihai Hadar, Cynthia L. Toryu, Senya Touretski, Oz Garinkol
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Abstract
In one aspect, a method, includes receiving and storing objects in a repository, translating objects in an object repository format to a graphical user interface (GUI) format, rendering the GUI format to a user, receiving a rule from the user using the GUI format, translating the rule in the GUI format to a rule repository format, storing rule in the rule repository format in a rule repository and compiling the rule in the rule repository format into a format that is acceptable for processing by the event based analysis engine.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving and storing objects in a metadata repository in an object repository format, the objects being objects from a continuous data protection domain and comprising a host, a storage array, an application and a data protection appliance, each object have one or more attributes and one or more components, the metadata repository storing a relationship of an object to the one or more attributes of the object, a relationship of the object to the one or more components of the object and a relationship between the object to related cross-domain objects of the object;
- translating the objects and the relationships from the object repository format in the metadata repository to a graphical user interface (GUI) format using a translator coupled to the metadata repository and a GUI;
- rendering the objects and the relationships in the GUI format on the GUI to a user, wherein rendering the objects and the relationships in the GUI format to a user comprises rendering the objects and the relationships in an object hierarchy tree to enable a user to select an object and a related object in the object hierarchy tree to define a rule;
- receiving the rule from the user using the GUI format;
- translating the rule in the GUI format to a rule repository format using the translator;
- storing the rule in the rule repository format in a rule repository coupled to the translator;
- compiling the rule in the rule repository format into a format that is acceptable for processing by an event based analysis engine;
- and
- executing the rule by the event based analysis engine.
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An article comprising:
- a non-transitory machine-readable medium that stores executable instructions, the instructions causing a machine to:
- receive and store objects in a metadata repository in an object repository format, the objects being objects from a continuous data protection domain and comprising a host, a storage array, an application and a data protection appliance, each object have one or more attributes and one or more components, the metadata repository storing a relationship of an object to the one or more attributes of the object, a relationship of the object to the one or more components of the object and a relationship between the object to related cross-domain objects of the object;
- translate the objects and the relationships from the object repository format in the metadata repository to a graphical user interface (GUI) format using a translator coupled to the metadata repository and a GUI;
- render the objects and the relationships in the GUI format on the GUI to a user, wherein the instructions causing the machine to render the objects and the relationships in the GUI format to a user comprises instructions causing the machine to render the objects and the relationships in an object hierarchy tree to enable a user to select an object and a related object in the object hierarchy tree to define a rule;
- receive a rule from the user using the GUI format;
- translate the rule in the GUI format to a rule repository format using the translator;
- store the rule in the rule repository format in a rule repository coupled to the translator;
- compile the rule in the rule repository format into a format that is acceptable for processing by an event based analysis engine;
- and
- execute the rule by the event based analysis engine.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- circuitry configured to:
- receive and store objects in a metadata repository in an object repository format, the objects being objects from a continuous data protection domain and comprising a host, a storage array, an application and a data protection appliance, each object have one or more attributes and one or more components, the metadata repository storing a relationship of an object to the one or more attributes of the object, a relationship of the object to the one or more components of the object and a relationship between the object to related cross-domain objects of the object;
- translate the objects and the relationships from the object repository format in the metadata repository to a graphical user interface (GUI) format using a translator coupled to the metadata repository and a GUI;
- render the objects and the relationships in the GUI format on the GUI to a user, wherein the circuitry configured to render the objects and the relationships in the GUI format to a user comprises circuitry configured to render the objects and the relationships in an object hierarchy tree to enable a user to select an object and a related object in the object hierarchy tree to define a rule;
- receive a rule from the user using the GUI format;
- translate the rule in the GUI format to a rule repository format using the translator;
- store the rule in the rule repository format in a rule repository coupled to the translator;
- compile the rule in the rule repository format into a format that is acceptable for processing by an event based analysis engine;
- and
- execute the rule by the event based analysis engine.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.