Vendor-neutral models of vendors' application resources
Vendor-neutral models of vendors' application resources are described. A host outputs capabilities of data protection operations which are specified by a vendor of an application that is installed on the host. The host inputs a vendor-neutral version of a data protection operation, based on any of the capabilities, for a resource of the application. The host uses a vendor-neutral model of the resource of the application to perform the vendor-neutral version of the data protection operation on the application resource.
1. A system for vendor-neutral models of vendors' application resources, comprising:
one or more processors; and
a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a plurality of instructions, which when executed, cause the one or more processors to:
output, by a host, capabilities of data protection operations which are specified by a vendor of an application that is installed on the host, to a backup server; and
perform, by the host, a vendor-neutral version of one of the data protection operations, based on any of the capabilities, on a resource of the application by using a vendor-neutral model of the resource of the application, in response to inputting the vendor-neutral version of the one of the data protection operations for the resource of the application, from the backup server.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of instructions further causes the processor to:
create, by the host, a plurality of vendor-neutral models corresponding to a plurality of resources of the application, in response to installing the application on the host; and
output, by the host, a result of performing the vendor-neutral version of any data protection operation on any resource of any application.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein any data protection operation comprises one of a discover database operation, a discover copy metadata operation, a backup operation, a restore operation, a schedule operation, and an install update operation, and any resource comprises one of an application server, a database, copy metadata, any application, and a file system.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein inputting any vendor-neutral version of any one of the data protection operations for any resource of any application is in response to receiving a vendor-neutral request from an application data manager to output any vendor-neutral version of any one of the data protection operations for any resource of any application, and using any vendor-neutral model of any resource of any application to perform any vendor-neutral version of any one of the data protection operations on any resource of any application is in response to receiving a vendor-neutral request from an agent of the application data manager to perform any vendor-neutral version of any one of the data protection operations on any resource of any application.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one of the data protection operations is also for another resource of another application, and the plurality of instructions further causes the processor to:
output, by the host, capabilities of data protection operations which are specified by another vendor of the other application that is installed on the host; and
perform, by the host, the vendor-neutral version of the one of the data protection operations on the other resource of the other application by using a vendor-neutral model of the other resource of the other application.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of instructions further causes the processor to perform, by the host, a vendor-neutral version of another one of the data protection operations, based on any of the capabilities, on another resource of the application by using a vendor-neutral model of the other resource of the application, in response to inputting the vendor-neutral version of the other one of the data protection operations for the other resource of the application.
7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the other one of the data protection operations is also for another resource of another application, and the plurality of instructions further causes the processor to:
output, by the host, capabilities of data protection operations which are specified by the other vendor of the other application that is installed on the host; and
perform, by the host, the vendor-neutral version of the other one of the data protection operations on the other resource of the other application by using a vendor-neutral model of the other resource of the other application.
8. A computer-implemented method for vendor-neutral models of vendors' application resources, the computer-implemented method comprising:
outputting, by a host, capabilities of data protection operations which are specified by a vendor of an application that is installed on the host, to a backup server; and
performing, by the host, a vendor-neutral version of one of the data protection operations, based on any of the capabilities, on a resource of the application by using a vendor-neutral model of the resource of the application, in response to inputting the vendor-neutral version of the one of the data protection operations for the resource of the application, from the backup server.
9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 , wherein the computer-implemented method further comprises:
creating, by the host, a plurality of vendor-neutral models corresponding to a plurality of resources of the application, in response to installing the application on the host; and
outputting, by the host, a result of performing the vendor-neutral version of any data protection operation on any resource of any application.
10. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 , wherein any data protection operation comprises one of a discover database operation, a discover copy metadata operation, a backup operation, a restore operation, a schedule operation, and an install update operation, and any resource comprises one of an application server, a database, copy metadata, any application, and a file system.
11. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 , wherein inputting any vendor-neutral version of any one of the data protection operations for any resource of any application is in response to receiving a vendor-neutral request from an application data manager to output any vendor-neutral version of any one of the data protection operations for any resource of any application, and using any vendor-neutral model of any resource of any application to perform any vendor-neutral version of any one of the data protection operations on any resource of any application is in response to receiving a vendor-neutral request from an agent of the application data manager to perform any vendor-neutral version of any one of the data protection operations on any resource of any application.
12. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 , wherein the one of the data protection operations is also for another resource of another application, and the computer-implemented method further comprises:
outputting, by the host, capabilities of data protection operations which are specified by another vendor of the other application that is installed on the host; and
performing, by the host, the vendor-neutral version of the one of the data protection operations on the other resource of the other application by using a vendor-neutral model of the other resource of the other application.
13. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 , wherein the computer-implemented method further comprises performing, by the host, a vendor-neutral version of another one of the data protection operations, based on any of the capabilities, on another resource of the application by using a vendor-neutral model of the other resource of the application, in response to inputting the vendor-neutral version of the other one of the data protection operations for the other resource of the application.
14. The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , wherein the other one of the data protection operations is also for another resource of another application, and the computer-implemented method further comprises:
outputting, by the host, capabilities of data protection operations which are specified by the other vendor of the other application that is installed on the host; and
performing, by the host, the vendor-neutral version of the other one of the data protection operations on the other resource of the other application by using a vendor-neutral model of the other resource of the other application.
15. A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium having a computer-readable program code embodied therein to be executed by one or more processors, the program code including instructions to:
output, by a host, capabilities of data protection operations which are specified by a vendor of an application that is installed on the host, to a backup server; and
perform, by the host, a vendor-neutral version of one of the data protection operations, based on any of the capabilities, on a resource of the application by using a vendor-neutral model of the resource of the application, in response to inputting the vendor-neutral version of the one of the data protection operations for the resource of the application, from the backup server.
16. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the program code includes further instructions to:
create, by the host, a plurality of vendor-neutral models corresponding to a plurality of resources of the application, in response to installing the application on the host; and
output, by the host, a result of performing the vendor-neutral version of any data protection operation on any resource of any application.
17. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein any data protection operation comprises one of a discover database operation, a discover copy metadata operation, a backup operation, a restore operation, a schedule operation, and an install update operation, and any resource comprises one of an application server, a database, copy metadata, any application, and a file system.
18. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein inputting any vendor-neutral version of any one of the data protection operations for any resource of any application is in response to receiving a vendor-neutral request from an application data manager to output any vendor-neutral version of any one of the data protection operations for any resource of any application, and using any vendor-neutral model of any resource of any application to perform any vendor-neutral version of any one of the data protection operations on any resource of any application is in response to receiving a vendor-neutral request from an agent of the application data manager to perform any vendor-neutral version of any one of the data protection operations on any resource of any application.
19. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the one of the data protection operations is also for another resource of another application, and the program code includes further instructions to:
output, by the host, capabilities of data protection operations which are specified by another vendor of the other application that is installed on the host; and
perform, by the host, the vendor-neutral version of the one of the data protection operations on the other resource of the other application by using a vendor-neutral model of the other resource of the other application.
20. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the program code includes further instructions to:
perform, by the host, a vendor-neutral version of another one of the data protection operations, based on any of the capabilities, on another resource of the application by using a vendor-neutral model of the other resource of the application, in response to inputting the vendor-neutral version of the other one of the data protection operations for the other resource of the application;
wherein in response to a determination that the other one of the data protection operations is also for another resource of another application, the program code includes further instructions to:
output, by the host, capabilities of data protection operations which are specified by the other vendor of the other application that is installed on the host; and
perform, by the host, the vendor-neutral version of the other one of the data protection operations on the other resource of the other application by using a vendor-neutral model of the other resource of the other application.