International Business Machines Corporation

Victor L Walter

Erik Bartholomy

Gordan G Greenlee

Frank J Giordano

Richard Joseph Sheftic

Christopher P Evans

Paul W Novak

John Thomas Olson

John Jason Auvenshine

Stanley C Wood

Andrew Gary Hourselt

Thomas E Haddock

Kenneth D Paquette

Gourishankar R Menon

An approach is provided for determining disaster recovery capacity. A simulation hypervisor receives streaming metric data, which represents the current production workload of a primary site, from the primary site. The metric data is combined with production data of the backup site by the simulation hypervisor to simulate a recovery event. Using data from the simulating, disaster recovery planning can be performed.

Virtualization simulation engine including assuming a dormant state for a lower priority application

An approach is provided for internet protocol (IP) address failover. An application on a primary site is assigned a private IP address. This private IP address is accessible within a local network. This private IP address is mapped to a public IP address, which is accessible to users outside the local network. The application is then replicated to a backup site with the same private IP address used to access it on the primary site. In case of a disaster recover event on the primary site, the replicated application can be accessed on the backup site by way of the public IP address.

Disaster recovery internet protocol address failover

Simulation engine for use in disaster recovery virtualization

An approach for managing a connection to or from a device is presented. Connections of the device are identified. Based on the connections, the device is determined and classified based on security zones to which the device is or has been connected, a quality of service requirement for one or more applications within the device, or a level of information technology service management for the device. Whether an existing or proposed connection of the device is consistent with the classification of the device is determined, and if not, an indication is displayed or a notification is sent that the existing or proposed connection is inconsistent with the classification of the device.

Automated security policy enforcement and auditing

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Hygiene, CO, United States of America

Victor L Walter