Alert configuration for data protection
An alert configuration system facilitates accurate and reliable configuration of alerts for data protection policy in a data protection system, including eliminating or reducing manual configuration of data protection policy. The system identifies risks through trend analysis and behavioral statistics as applied to historical data, and automatically configures alerts for the identified risks so that alerts are generated upon detection of the identified risks. After detecting differences between tracked values for a data protection system and predicted values obtained through trend analysis and behavioral statistics as applied to the historical data, the alert configuration system automatically adjusts the configuration of alerts for data protection policy in accordance with the predicted values. The tracked and predicted values include attributes of a data protection system embodied in key performance indicators associated with the identified risks based on the trend analysis and behavioral statistics as applied to historical data.
1. A computer-implemented method for configuring data protection policy, the method comprising:
applying, by a processor, a time series model to historical data for a data protection system, the historical data including data values recorded for attributes of the data protection system, the data values recorded over time;
identifying, by the processor, risks associated with the attributes of the data protection system based on the application of the time series model to the data values recorded over time, the attributes containing key performance indicators of the data protection system including parameter values of the data protection system, the risks based on characteristics of the data protection system derived from the data values recorded for the attributes of the data protection system over time, the characteristics including the key performance indicators of the data protection system;
generating, by the processor, predicted parameter values for the attributes of the data protection system for which risks have been identified; and
adjusting, by the processor, data protection policy including any collection of data about how backup and replication should operate in a storage system environment for the attributes of the data protection system for which risks have been identified, including adjusting policy data values for backup and replication operation in the storage system environment in accordance with user preferences and the predicted parameter values.
2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein adjusting data protection policy includes:
obtaining tracked data values;
obtaining predicted data values;
determining that a difference between the tracked data values and the predicted data values results in an identified risk; and
updating policy data values in accordance with predicted values.
3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the time series model is any one or more of an exponential smoothing model and an autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) model.
4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein data values are the parameter values for key performance indicators of the data protection system.
5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein attributes of the data protection system include any one or more of parameters and values for a rule governing the data protection system.
6. A data processing system comprising:
a first repository in which to store a data protection policy for a data protection system;
a second repository in which to record historical data associated with the data protection system;
a logic for a time series model for analyzing the recorded historical data;
a processor in communication with the first and second repository and the memory, the processor configured to:
apply the time series model to the historical data, the historical data including data values recorded for attributes of the data protection system, the data values recorded over time;
identify risks associated with the attributes of the data protection system based on the application of the time series model to the data values recorded over time, the attributes containing key performance indicators of the data protection system including parameter values of the data protection system, the risks based on characteristics of the data protection system derived from the data values recorded for the attributes of the data protection system over time, the characteristics including the key performance indicators of the data protection system;
generate predicted parameter values for the attributes of the data protection system for which risks have been identified; and
adjust data protection policy including any collection of data about how backup and replication should operate in a storage system environment for the attributes of the data protection system for which risks have been identified, including adjusting policy data values for backup and replication operation in the storage system environment in accordance with user preferences and the predicted parameter values.
7. The data processing system of claim 6 wherein, to adjust data protection policy, the processor is configured to:
obtain tracked data values;
obtain predicted data values;
determine that a difference between the tracked data values and the predicted data values results in an identified risk; and
update policy data values in accordance with predicted values.
8. The data processing system of claim 6 wherein the time series model is any one or more of an exponential smoothing model and an autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) model.
9. The data processing system of claim 6 wherein data values are the parameter values for key performance indicators of the data protection system.
10. The data processing system of claim 6 wherein attributes of the data protection system include any one or more of parameters and values for a rule governing the data protection system.
11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored therein, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations for configuring data protection policy, the operations comprising:
applying a time series model to historical data for a data protection system, the historical data including data values recorded for attributes of the data protection system, the data values recorded over time;
identifying risks associated with the attributes of the data protection system based on the application of the time series model to the data values recorded over time, the attributes containing key performance indicators of the data protection system including parameter values of the data protection system, the risks based on characteristics of the data protection system derived from the data values recorded for the attributes of the data protection system over time, the characteristics including the key performance indicators of the data protection system;
generating predicted parameter values for the attributes of the data protection system for which risks have been identified; and
adjusting data protection policy including any collection of data about how backup and replication should operate in a storage system environment for the attributes of the data protection system for which risks have been identified, including adjusting policy data values for backup and replication operation in the storage system environment in accordance with user preferences and the predicted parameter values.
12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , the operations further comprising:
obtaining tracked data values;
obtaining predicted data values;
determining that a difference between the tracked data values and the predicted data values results in an identified risk; and
updating policy data values in accordance with predicted values.
13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 wherein the time series model is any one or more of an exponential smoothing model and an autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) model.
14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 wherein data values are the parameter values for key performance indicators of the data protection system.
15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 wherein attributes of the data protection system include any one or more of parameters and values for a rule governing the data protection system.