Asset Protection Metadata Aggregation via Error Logs
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Solution Overview
Problem
Data analytics and reporting tools often query information from established data sources that may not maintain all the required information, leading to incomplete data capture and analysis.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for capturing asset protection metadata by receiving a user request, establishing a service access connection, performing a protection action, appending metadata partitions to an error message log, and terminating the connection, enabling comprehensive data aggregation and access for analytics.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If data analytics tools query from established data sources, then the querying process is simple, but the data completeness is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an error message log as an intermediary component that captures asset protection metadata from service operations. This log serves as a mediator between the service and analytics tools, collecting comprehensive data including errors, warnings, and operational metadata that established data sources miss, thereby improving data completeness without requiring direct modification of the service infrastructure
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the data collection process by separating metadata capture into distinct partitions (first asset protection metadata partition from service requests, second partition from service responses). This segmentation allows comprehensive data collection across multiple points in the service lifecycle, ensuring complete data capture while maintaining modular system architecture
2Ease of operation
If comprehensive asset protection metadata is captured and stored centrally, then data accessibility for analytics is improved, but the complexity of data aggregation increases
Solution Approach 1:
The error message log serves multiple functions: it stores asset protection metadata, captures service errors and warnings, and provides a centralized repository for analytics. This multi-functionality improves data accessibility for various analytics purposes while avoiding the need for separate specialized storage systems for each function
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the asset protection metadata with the existing error message log infrastructure. By combining metadata storage with the established logging mechanism, the system achieves centralized data accessibility without creating entirely new complex aggregation systems, leveraging existing log management capabilities
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AI summary
A method and system for capturing asset protection metadata pertinent to analytics. Specifically, the disclosed method and system entail aggregating and maintaining asset protection metadata—i.e., metadata descriptive of performed asset backup and recovery operations—in a central location. The asset protection metadata may include information relevant to backup and recovery analytics and reporting, while the maintaining said metadata in the central location facilitates access of the metadata by third-party analytics services.