Granted Patent B1

US 12,332,749 · App. 18/795,237 · Granted Jun 17, 2025

Inventors: Barbara Wald (Weil im Schoenbuch, DE); Stefan Schmitt (Holzgerlingen, DE); Ephraim Petry (Stuttgart, DE); Oliver Rau (Pirmasens, DE)

Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation

G06F11/1466G06F11/1464G06F11/1469G06F11/3419G06F2201/80

Abstract

Claims (47)

1. A computer-implemented method for optimizing a backup and recovery strategy of a database, the method comprising:

obtaining service level agreements for the database;

identifying, using a trained machine learning model, an initial recommended database backup and recovery strategy for the database based on the service level agreements;

configuring a database backup of the database based on the initial recommended database backup and recovery strategy;

monitoring a usage of one or more of the database and the database backup;

identifying, using the trained machine learning model, a recommended change to the configuration of the database backup based at least in part on one or more of a change in the usage of one or more of the database and the database backup, a change in the service level agreements, a change in a cloud environment in which the database backup is located, and a change in available database backup and recovery strategies offered by the cloud environment; and

updating the configuration of the database based on the recommended change.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the initial recommended database backup and recovery strategy for the database is identified using a trained machine learning model.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein the trained machine learning model is created based on training data that includes current and historical backup and recovery strategies corresponding to each of a plurality of databases, and current and historical service level agreement metrics for each of the plurality of databases.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the recommended change includes a new database backup and recovery strategy that is identified by inputting the usage of the one or more of the database and the database backup, a current database backup and recovery strategy of the database, and the service level agreements for the database into a trained machine learning model.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying a change in the service level agreements for the database;

identifying a change to the configuration of the database backup based on the change in the service level agreements; and

updating the configuration of the database based on the change.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the usage of one or more of the database and the database backup, the identifying the recommended change to the configuration of the database backup based on the usage of one or more of the database and the database backup, and the updating the configuration of the database based on the recommended change are iteratively repeated based on an output of a reinforcement learning algorithm.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein updating the configuration of the database based on the recommended change includes modifying the initial recommended database backup and recovery strategy for the database.

8. A computing system having a memory having computer readable instructions and one or more processors for executing the computer readable instructions, the computer readable instructions controlling the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

obtaining service level agreements for a database;

identifying, using the trained machine learning model, an initial recommended database backup and recovery strategy for the database based on the service level agreements;

configuring a database backup of the database based on the initial recommended database backup and recovery strategy;

monitoring a usage of one or more of the database and the database backup;

identifying, using the trained machine learning model, a recommended change to the configuration of the database backup based at least in part on one or more of a change in the usage of one or more of the database and the database backup, a change in the service level agreements, a change in a cloud environment in which the database backup is located, and a change in available database backup and recovery strategies offered by the cloud environment; and

updating the configuration of the database based on the recommended change.

9. The computing system of claim 8 , wherein the initial recommended database backup and recovery strategy for the database is identified using a trained machine learning model.

10. The computing system of claim 9 , wherein the trained machine learning model is created based on training data that includes current and historical backup and recovery strategies corresponding to each of a plurality of databases, and current and historical service level agreement metrics for each of the plurality of databases.

11. The computing system of claim 8 , wherein the recommended change includes a new database backup and recovery strategy that is identified by inputting the usage of the one or more of the database and the database backup, a current database backup and recovery strategy of the database, and the service level agreements for the database into a trained machine learning model.

12. The computing system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:

identifying a change in the service level agreements for the database;

identifying a change to the configuration of the database backup based on the change in the service level agreements; and

updating the configuration of the primary database based on the change.

13. The computing system of claim 8 , wherein the usage of one or more of the database and the database backup, the identifying the recommended change to the configuration of the database backup based on the usage of one or more of the database and the database backup, and the updating the configuration of the database based on the recommended change are iteratively repeated based on an output of a reinforcement learning algorithm.

14. The computing system of claim 8 , wherein updating the configuration of the database based on the recommended change includes modifying the initial recommended database backup and recovery strategy for the database.

15. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

obtaining service level agreements for a database;

identifying, using the trained machine learning model, an initial recommended database backup and recovery strategy for the database based on the service level agreements;

configuring a database backup of the database based on the initial recommended database backup and recovery strategy;

monitoring a usage of one or more of the database and the database backup;

identifying, using the trained machine learning model, a recommended change to the configuration of the database backup based at least in part on one or more of a change in the usage of one or more of the database and the database backup, a change in the service level agreements, a change in a cloud environment in which the database backup is located, and a change in available database backup and recovery strategies offered by the cloud environment; and

updating the configuration of the database based on the recommended change.

16. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the initial recommended database backup and recovery strategy for the database is identified using a trained machine learning model.

17. The computer program product of claim 16 , wherein the trained machine learning model is created based on training data that includes current and historical backup and recovery strategies corresponding to each of a plurality of databases, and current and historical service level agreement metrics for each of the plurality of databases.

18. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the recommended change includes a new database backup and recovery strategy that is identified by inputting the usage of the one or more of the database and the database backup, a current database backup and recovery strategy of the database, and the service level agreements for the database into a trained machine learning model.

19. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:

identifying a change in the service level agreements for the database;

identifying a change to the configuration of the database backup based on the change in the service level agreements; and

updating the configuration of the primary database based on the change.

20. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the usage of one or more of the database and the database backup, the identifying the recommended change to the configuration of the database backup based on the usage of one or more of the database and the database backup, and the updating the configuration of the database based on the recommended change are iteratively repeated based on an output of a reinforcement learning algorithm.

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