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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2004
Steven Kappel, Savage, MN (US);
Shelley A. Schmokel, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Guido Westenberg, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Branka Rakic, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Peter A. Barber, Surrey, GB;
Julianne M. Urban, Stillwater, MN (US);
Nancy L. Bayer, Arden Hills, MN (US);
Linda Cerni, San Ramon, CA (US);
Steven Kappel, Savage, MN (US);
Shelley A. Schmokel, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Guido Westenberg, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Branka Rakic, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Peter A. Barber, Surrey, GB;
Julianne M. Urban, Stillwater, MN (US);
Nancy L. Bayer, Arden Hills, MN (US);
Linda Cerni, San Ramon, CA (US);
Symantec Operating Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
In some embodiments, a method is provided and a computer accessible medium comprising instructions which, when executed, implement the method is also provided. A recovery time for recovery of at least one asset is estimated responsive to at least one metric represented in metric data. The metric data is accumulated prior to the estimation. In various embodiments, data protection operations may include one or more of asset copy operations, recovery operations, etc. The estimated recovery time may be reported to a user. In other embodiments, metric data may be used to validate recoverability. In still other embodiments, recovery metrics may be calculated and displayed to the user along with corresponding recovery targets and objectives.