	US 12,235,732 B1
	Management of asset groups
Navneet Upadhyay, Greater Noida (IN); Amrit Lal Jain, Irvine, CA (US); Rejith Mohan M, Bengaluru (IN); William E. Crosby, III, Santa Ana, CA (US); Elango Chockalingam, Bangalore (IN); and Amith Ramachandran, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to DELL PRODUCTS L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/496,141.
Int. Cl. G06F 7/02 (2006.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01); G06F 16/00 (2019.01)

CPC G06F 11/1458 (2013.01) [G06F 2201/80 (2013.01)]

18 Claims

1. A method for backing up assets, the method comprising:

obtaining, by a data manager, a natural identifier (ID) of an asset from an agent executing on a host, wherein the data manager and the host are operatively connected to each other over a combination of wired and wireless connections;

making a first determination about an asset type of the asset;

based on the first determination, making a second determination that an asset group for the asset type does not exist;

based on the second determination, creating the asset group comprising:

creating a group ID for the asset group and a record for the asset group;

storing the group ID in the record;

based on creating the asset group:

associating the asset with the asset group, wherein all assets in the asset group are of the asset type;

storing the natural ID in the record;

protecting the asset in the asset group using a backup strategy associated with the asset group; and

initiating, after the protecting, display of the assets in the asset group to a user using a graphical user interface (GUI), wherein the GUI further displays the group ID of the asset group, the natural ID of the asset, the asset type of the asset, and a protection status of the asset to the user.