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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Billy S. Brewer, Kailua, HI (US);
Patrick B. Heywood, Louisville, CO (US);
Bernhard J. Klingenberg, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Nagapramod S. Mandagere, San Jose, CA (US);
Steven Pantridge, Delson, CA;
Ramani R. Routray, San Jose, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and associated systems for backing up a target computer application that comprises identifying and backing up databases and other information repositories upon which the target application depends. The target application is identified and related to a backup requirement that specifies a minimum application-backup frequency. The application's 'dependencies' are automatically identified from sources that include configuration files, where each dependency identifies one or more databases or other information repositories that store information upon which the application directly or indirectly depends. If any of these databases or repositories is associated with a backup frequency less than the application's minimum backup frequency, the database or repository is flagged. Each flagged entity's backup schedule is then revised so that the flagged entity's backup frequency is equal to or greater than the application's minimum backup frequency.