US 12,229,019 B2
Visual mapping of protection status for networking devices
Arun Murti, Mission Viejo, CA (US); Adam Brenner, Mission Viejo, CA (US); Mark Malamut, Aliso Viejo, CA (US); and Vijay Anand, Irvine, CA (US)
Assigned to EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US)
Filed by EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/710,814.
Application 17/710,814 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/912,512, filed on Jun. 25, 2020, granted, now 11,709,967.
Prior Publication US 2022/0229738 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 11/14 (2006.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 11/1464 (2013.01) [G06F 11/1461 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method of providing data protection for a plurality of partitioned network equipment devices, comprising:
creating a backup of each network device in a system, wherein the backup is performed by backup software connected to a data protection network device (DPND) coordinator;
pushing, from the DPND coordinator, one or more backup policies to individual DPND units for the network devices within the partition to provide a consistent-state backup of the network devices for backup of the configuration changes of the network devices to a protection storage device;
determining a location, a protection status, a connectivity characteristic, and a health status of each device in the system; and
displaying, in a visual mapping graphical user interface (GUI), an icon for each device relative to other devices based on the respective device location, a visual characteristic of the icon for each device based on a respective protection status, a connector from the icon to other connected devices based on the respective device connectivity characteristic, and a health indicator for each device based on a respective health status.