Patent attributes
A storage area network uniform integrated backup reporting and verification mechanism displays backup reporting information at an enterprise level while showing uniformity among heterogeneous backup applications of different vendors. The backup management application coalesces data from different backup applications by scanning status data from backup applications, and identifying data corresponding to common output fields. Further storage array specific aspects, information, or commands are attainable via the linkages to the native backup applications specific to the individual storage arrays. The backup management application provides uniform reporting and verification of satisfactory backup completion across the SAN, or otherwise pinpoints and clarifies problems or other anomalies associated with the backup. Further, filtering and focused report layouts allow customization and refinement of the output data providing a multitude of integrated report formats to facilitate operations including troubleshooting, charge back and service provisioning.
