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Systems and methods for determining service level agreement compliance

US10855554B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 30, 2018
Grant dateDec 1, 2020
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Expiry dateNov 11, 2038

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L41/5019
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Iteratively determining compliance of a backup system with a service level agreement (SLA) of service level policies (SLPs), including receiving an SLP having a data management schedule and indicating a first backup time of a first backup job; determining an SLP schedule type of windowed or continuous based on the SLP, and a first compliance analysis time based on the SLP schedule type and the first backup time; determining a first monitoring event associated with the first compliance analysis time and with a first compliance analysis type; performing a first compliance analysis of the first compliance analysis type to generate a first compliance status of the first monitoring event; and creating a second monitoring event associated with a second analysis time based on the first compliance status, and with a second compliance analysis type, and being based on the first compliance status.

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