Abstract: A history of requests issued to an application executing in a production environment is stored. The application includes an event logging option set to record a first level of detail in a first log file. While the application is executing in the production environment, a determination is made that the application may have a bug. A backup of the application is restored to a test environment. The event logging option in the restored application is changed to record a second level of detail, greater than the first level of detail, in a second log file. The history of requests is replayed against the restored application having the changed event logging option to generate the second log file.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes measuring a first parameter associated with copying a storage entity to a first backup site, measuring a second parameter associated with copying the storage entity to a second backup site and determining a replication mode to copy the storage entity to the first backup site and a replication mode to copy the storage entity to the second backup site in response to a replication policy and the first and second parameters measured.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes replicating a production volume on a plurality of replica volumes. Each replica volume is stored on a respective storage array with a respective journal. The replicating includes writing data to a do stream of each journal written to the production volume, reading from the do stream of each journal, reading undo data that will be overwritten by the data in the do stream, distributing the undo data across the journals and writing the data from the do stream from each journal to the respective replica volume. A number of journals less than a total number of journals can be used to access data in a full journal.

Abstract: Described embodiments provide devices, systems and methods for operating a storage system. An object store located at the replication site stores data objects associated with data stored in storage of the production site. The replication site may generate a plurality of points in time (PITs) from the data objects and identify a PIT from the plurality of PITs.

Abstract: One embodiment is related to a method for determining an optimal resource configuration combination, comprising: (1) measuring performance of an application with a production resource configuration combination and its associated cost; (2) simulating historical workloads associated with the application with one or more candidate resource configuration combinations using idle resources; (3) selecting one of the candidate resource configuration combinations as a new production resource configuration combination based on cost and performance measurements and comparisons; (4) applying the new production resource configuration combination to a production environment; and (5) monitoring performance of the application with the new production resource configuration combination to confirm that it meets desired performance targets, wherein operations (1) to (5) are performed on a Platform as a Service (PaaS) platform.

Abstract: Described embodiments provide systems and methods for operating a storage system. Writeable snapshot replicas of a production site of the storage system are periodically generated during a snapshot interval. The production site includes a production volume, a production memory, and at least one production application. Input/output (I/O) requests of the at least one production application are saved during the snapshot interval. A test environment is initiated with the writeable snapshot, the test environment comprising a test volume, a test memory, and at least one test application. The at least one test application is run in the test environment and the saved I/O requests of the at least one production application are replayed to the at least one test application in the test environment. Output data is provided from the test environment to the writeable snapshot.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a first message is received from a first application executed by a processor, the first message to be sent to a second application. A backup agent transmits the first message to a backup storage system that is associated with the first application. The backup agent forwards the first message to a first messaging application instance of a messaging sub-system associated with the first application. The messaging sub-system is to send the first message to a second messaging application instance of the messaging sub-system associated with the second application using a predetermined messaging protocol.

Abstract: Described embodiments provide systems and methods for encrypting journal data of a storage system. At least one key is generated, each key having an associated key identifier. The at least one key and the associated key identifiers are stored to a key store. User data is read from a replica volume of the storage system. The read user data is encrypted with an associated key. Encrypted data is written to a journal associated with the replica volume. The key identifier of the associated key is written to the journal.

Abstract: An apparatus in one embodiment comprises at least one processing platform including a plurality of processing devices. The processing platform implements compute services for users and further comprises a copy data manager and an upgrade controller. A data version repository stores data versions for each of one or more of the compute services implemented by the processing platform. One or more of the data versions are stored in association with respective sets of recorded incoming traffic of the corresponding compute service. The upgrade controller is configured to upgrade at least a portion of an application from a first code version to a second code version. In conjunction with the upgrade of the application, automated testing of the upgraded application is carried out by an automated code testing system using the given data version and its associated set of recorded incoming traffic.

Abstract: A computer implemented method, system, and computer program product comprising splitting IO from a LUN on the production site to a data protection appliance (DPA), accumulating IO at the DPA until a threshold of IO is reached, and upon reaching the threshold, sending an object containing the IO to an object store.

Abstract: An apparatus in one embodiment comprises at least one processing platform including a plurality of processing devices. The processing platform implements compute services for users and further comprises a copy data manager configured to maintain a data version repository. The data version repository stores under the control of the copy data manager a plurality of data versions for each of one or more of the compute services implemented by the processing platform. A code version repository stores a plurality of code versions for each of one or more of the compute services implemented by the processing platform. The code versions stored in the code version repository and the data versions stored in the data version repository collectively provide a two-dimensional test plane. Automated testing the code versions is carried out by an automated code testing system using multiple distinct ones of the data versions selected from the two-dimensional test plane.

Abstract: A storage system comprises a production site in operable communication with a replication site, and an object store, comprising a plurality of data objects associated with data stored in at least one data storage entity of the production site, disposed at the replication site. The replication site is configured to generate a virtual access point in time (PIT) based at least in part on the plurality of data objects, by providing a plurality of nodes in operable communication with the storage system, where each respective node is configured to, substantially concurrently, perform a MapReduce operation to generate a respective first set of disk objects based on the plurality of data objects, and to create a respective set of metadata objects. The first set of disk objects and the first set of metadata objects are merged together into a virtual access PIT from each of the plurality of parallel nodes.

Abstract: In general, the invention relates to a method and system for migrating tables in databases. The method may include calculating a first plurality of migration factors for a first set of tables in a source database using a plurality of pre-calculated factors and a first plurality of dynamically-calculated factor, where each of the first plurality of migration factors is associated with one of the first set of tables. The method may further include selecting a first table from the first set of tables to migrate based on the first plurality of migration factors; and migrating the first table to a target database.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a graphical user interface-driven store and share system containing application templates that defines a database storing components and services of an application, exposes the application elements to different users in the system, and provides a uniform entry point for the different users to access and manipulate the application program components.

Abstract: In one example, a method includes generating an enhanced copy, which includes application data generated from using an application, the application, a configuration of the application and runtime settings to run the application. The method also includes restoring at least one of the application, the configuration of the application and the runtime settings using the enhanced copy.

Abstract: Described embodiments provide systems and methods for operating a storage system. One or more production volumes of the storage system are selected for continuous replication. A number, N, is selected that is associated with a number of damaged volumes the storage system can sustain and maintain data consistency. Write transactions from a host to an associated one of the selected one or more production volumes are intercepted. The intercepted write transactions are sent to the associated production volume and to a plurality of copy volumes. When acknowledgments of the write transaction have been received from N copy volumes, the write transaction is acknowledged to the host.

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.

Abstract: In one aspect, a method includes rendering to a user an object and objects related to the object, receiving from a user a selection by a user of a one of the related objects to use in a rule for an event-based analysis engine and merging the object and the selected object to perform the rule.

Abstract: Several aspects for providing historical information to an event based image include a method, an apparatus and an article. One or more of the aspects includes receiving a trigger associated with a rule, determining if the rule requires that historical information be provided to an event-based analysis engine, filtering out events not needed by the rule if the rule requires historical information and providing the event-based analysis engine with historical information based on the filtering.

Abstract: In one aspect, a method includes receiving an original rule configured to be used by an event based analysis engine. The original rule requires data to be collected over a period of time. The method also includes determining if the period of time is greater than a time period threshold; determining if the original rule includes an aggregate function; generating an aggregation rule that aggregates the data to be collected by the original rule if the original rule includes an aggregate function and if the period of time is greater than the time period threshold and aggregating data according to the aggregation rule.