Abstract: Described is a system for automated creation of various data storage environments for application testing. The system may provide an efficient mechanism for creating various computing environments employed by clients of a data protection and recovery service. For example, different clients may utilize different data storage infrastructure (e.g. servers, storage arrays, databases, etc.) on which common backup-related components are overlaid. The system may build different combinations of computing environments and perform application testing across such environments simultaneously (or in parallel) within a virtual environment. Accordingly, the system may verify the operational consistency of backup-related applications across a large sample of client computing environments in an efficient manner.

Abstract: Described is a system for automated creation of various data storage environments for application testing. The system may provide an efficient mechanism for creating various computing environments employed by clients of a data protection and recovery service. For example, different clients may utilize different data storage infrastructure (e.g. servers, storage arrays, databases, etc.) on which common backup-related components are overlaid. The system may build different combinations of computing environments and perform application testing across such environments simultaneously (or in parallel) within a virtual environment. Accordingly, the system may verify the operational consistency of backup-related applications across a large sample of client computing environments in an efficient manner.

Abstract: Described is a system for managing point-in-time backups (or “snapshots”) of data that are stored as part of a primary storage. As part of a data protection service, a set of snapshots may be stored on the primary storage system for efficient and immediate recovery, and a set of corresponding recovery snapshots may be stored on a secondary storage system for recovery purposes. Accordingly, the system may provide the ability to leverage the efficient storage mechanisms of the primary storage, while still maintaining the data storage efficiency (e.g. costs) of the secondary storage. Moreover, the system may manage the snapshots stored on the primary and secondary storages independently. For example, the system may fully leverage the available capacity of storage pools within the primary storage by automatically purging certain snapshots from the primary storage while still maintaining the corresponding recovery snapshots on the secondary storage.

Abstract: A remote agent for providing backup services to applications includes a persistent storage and a backup manager. The persistent storage stores backup policies for the applications. The backup manager identifies an application of the applications for providing the backup services; generates an application backup template based on a backup policy of the backup policies for the application; sends the generated application backup template to a production host that hosts the application; and makes a determination that the backup policy has been triggered. In response to the determination, the backup manager initiates a native data extraction from the application using the application backup template to obtain a native data dump; stores the native data dump in backup storage; and indexes the stored native data dump as a backup.

Abstract: A remote agent for providing backup services to applications includes a persistent storage and a backup manager. The persistent storage stores backup policies for the applications. The backup manager identifies an application of the applications for providing the backup services; generates an application backup template based on a backup policy of the backup policies for the application; sends the generated application backup template to a production host that hosts the application; and makes a determination that the backup policy has been triggered. In response to the determination, the backup manager initiates a native data extraction from the application using the application backup template to obtain a native data dump; stores the native data dump in backup storage; and indexes the stored native data dump as a backup.

Abstract: Performance analysis for test automation frameworks is described. A test is executed of an application. Performance indicators are logged during execution of the test, wherein the performance indicators include a first performance indicator. A correlation is identified between the first performance indicator and a second performance indicator recorded during the execution of the test or an execution of a previous test of the application. An output device outputs the correlation as a performance issue.