Method and system for capturing asset protection metadata pertinent to analytics

1. A method for capturing asset protection metadata, comprising:

receiving a user asset protection request comprising a first asset protection metadata partition;

establishing, to a service, a service access connection using at least a portion of the first asset protection metadata partition;

performing, in response to the user asset protection request, a protection action to obtain a second asset protection metadata partition, wherein the second asset protection metadata partition comprises information describing the protection action during and following performance of the protection action, wherein the information comprises a status label denoting a current status of the protection action and a success rate label denoting a success rate of a plurality of previous protection actions;

appending, using the service access connection, the first asset protection metadata partition and the second asset protection metadata partition to an error message log; and

terminating the service access connection.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first asset protection metadata partition comprises information describing the protection action prior to performance of the protection action.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the service is a database management system instance.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the service access connection is established using ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) middleware.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the protection action is one selected from a group consisting of a backup operation and a recovery operation.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the protection action targets at least one service user asset belonging to the service.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the error message log records event messages detailing events transpiring on and to the service.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the error message log is maintained across at least one service system asset belonging to the service.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium (CRM) comprising computer readable program code, which when executed by a computer processor, enables the computer processor to:

receive a user asset protection request comprising a first asset protection metadata partition;

establish, to a service, a service access connection using at least a portion of the first asset protection metadata partition;

perform, in response to the user asset protection request, a protection action to obtain a second asset protection metadata partition, wherein the second asset protection metadata partition comprises information describing the protection action during and following performance of the protection action, wherein the information comprises a status label denoting a current status of the protection action and a success rate label denoting a success rate of a plurality of previous protection actions;

append, using the service access connection, the first asset protection metadata partition and the second asset protection metadata partition to an error message log; and

terminate the service access connection.

10. The non-transitory CRM of claim 9 , wherein the first asset protection metadata partition comprises information describing the protection action prior to performance of the protection action.

11. The non-transitory CRM of claim 9 , wherein the service is a database management system instance.

12. The non-transitory CRM of claim 9 , wherein the service access connection is established using ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) middleware.

13. The non-transitory CRM of claim 9 , wherein the protection action is one selected from a group consisting of a backup operation and a recovery operation.

14. The non-transitory CRM of claim 9 , wherein the protection action targets at least one service user asset belonging to the service.

15. The non-transitory CRM of claim 9 , wherein the error message log records event messages detailing events transpiring on and to the service.

16. The non-transitory CRM of claim 9 , wherein the error message log is maintained across at least one service system asset belonging to the service.

17. A client device, comprising:

a client storage array storing an error message log;

a computer processor operatively connected to the client storage array; and

a service and an agent executing on the computer processor,

wherein the agent is programmed to:

receive a user asset protection request comprising a first asset protection metadata partition;

establish, to the service, a service access connection using at least a portion of the first asset protection metadata partition;

perform, in response to the user asset protection request, a protection action to obtain a second asset protection metadata partition, wherein the second asset protection metadata partition comprises information describing the protection action during and following performance of the protection action, wherein the information comprises a status label denoting a current status of the protection action and a success rate label denoting a success rate of a plurality of previous protection actions;

append, using the service access connection, the first asset protection metadata partition and the second asset protection metadata partition to the error message log; and

terminate the service access connection.

18. The client device of claim 17 , further comprising:

an analytics service operatively connected to the client device,

wherein the analytics service is programmed to:

access the error message log;

extract, from the error message log, asset protection metadata comprising the first asset protection metadata partition and the second asset protection metadata partition; and

generate analytics information based on the asset protection metadata.