System and method for automatic configuration of networked information technology assets for a backup, recovery and archiving application

摘要

The invention is a system and method for detecting and configuring network resources for a backup and recovery application. The invention identifies data, software and hardware accessed through a network for the backup and recovery application. Additionally, the present invention identifies dependencies and relationships between the data, hardware and software. The invention thereby provides an updated overview of the entire network environment to the backup and recovery application. Using the invention, the backup and recovery application may backup data and the software that uses the data, as well as the configuration for the hardware that stores or accesses the data. During recovery, the invention will restore the data, hardware and software in the proper sequence and configuration. The present invention thereby enables proper recovery to any selected point in time, and ensures that after recovery, network resources function as they did at that selected point in time.