Enterprise data movement system and method including opportunistic performance of utilities and data move operations for improved efficiency

Claim 3

The method of claim 1, wherein the enterprise computing system includes a target database; wherein the at least one data move task is required to move the data from the source database to the target database; wherein said moving comprises the data move process moving the data to the target database.

Claim 4

The method of claim 1, wherein said determining data move requirements comprises: providing information to an EDM process about the extract operation and the data which is the subject of the extract operation; the EDM process determining if the data is desired for a data move operation using the information; configuring the extract utility to provide the data to a specified destination in response to determining that the data is desired for a data move operation.

Claim 5

The method of claim 3, wherein the EDM process determining if the data is desired for a data move operation includes querying a repository for task profiles to determine data move requirements of the at least one data move task.

Claim 6

The method of claim 4, wherein said determining data move requirements includes examining required transformation information in the repository regarding the at least one data move task; the method further comprising: creating a transform process in response to said required transformation information, wherein said creating is performed in response to determining that the at least one data move task requires the data from the source database and in response to examining the required transformation information in the repository regarding the at least one data move task.

Claim 7

The method of claim 1, further comprising: initializing the at least one data move process in response to determining that said at least one data move process requires the data, wherein the at least one data move process is initialized prior to said providing the data, wherein the at least one data move process corresponds to the at least one data move task.

Claim 8

The method of claim 1, wherein said determining the data move requirements is performed in response to said initializing the extract utility.

Claim 9

The method of claim 1, wherein the extract utility executes on a first computer system; wherein the at least one data move process executes on the first computer system.

Claim 10

The method of claim 1, wherein the data move task requires movement of the data from the source database to a target database; wherein the source database resides on a first computer system and wherein the target database resides on a second computer system; wherein said moving the data includes: establishing a connection to a receive process in the second computer system.

Claim 11

The method of claim 9, wherein said moving the data includes: establishing a connection to a remote server process in the second computer system; providing information to the remote server process about which tasks desire or require the data; the remote server process starting the at least one data move process in the second computer system in response to said providing.

Claim 12

The method of claim 10, wherein said moving the data further includes: the remote server process receiving information regarding the data move; the method further comprising: creating a transform process on the remote side in response to the remote server process receiving information regarding the data move.

Claim 13

The method of claim 1, wherein the data move task requires movement of the data from the source database to a target database; wherein the source database and the target database both reside on a first computer system.

Claim 14

The method of claim 1, wherein said data move task is unrelated to said first database operation.

Claim 15

The method of claim 1, wherein said data move task is related to said first database operation.

Claim 16

The method of claim 1, further comprising: configuring the data move task to take advantage of existing utility operations in an opportunistic fashion prior to said determining data move requirements; wherein said determining data move requirements is performed in response to said configuring the data move task to take advantage of existing utility operations in an opportunistic fashion.

Claim 17

The method of claim 1, wherein the data move process takes advantage of the extract utility performing the extract operation in an opportunistic fashion.

Claim 18

The method of claim 1, wherein the extract utility comprises an unload utility.

Claim 19

The method of claim 1, wherein the extract utility comprises a copy utility.

Claim 22

The method of claim 19, wherein said determining data move requirements comprises: providing information to an EDM process about the load operation and the data which is the subject of the load operation; the EDM process determining if the data is desired for a data move operation using the information; configuring the load utility to provide the data to a specified destination in response to determining that the data is desired for a data move operation.

Claim 23

The method of claim 20, wherein the EDM process determining if the data is desired for a data move operation includes querying a repository for task profiles to determine data move requirements of the at least one data move task.

Claim 24

The method of claim 21, wherein said determining data move requirements includes examining required transformation information in the repository regarding the at least one data move task; the method further comprising: creating a transform process in response to said required transformation information, wherein said creating is performed in response to determining that the at least one data move task requires the data from the source database and in response to examining the required transformation information in the repository regarding the at least one data move task.

Claim 25

The method of claim 19, further comprising: initializing the at least one data move process in response to determining that said at least one data move process requires the data, wherein the at least one data move process is initialized prior to said providing the data, wherein the at least one data move process corresponds to the at least one data move task.

Claim 26

The method of claim 19, wherein said determining the data move requirements is performed in response to said initializing the load utility.

Claim 27

The method of claim 19, wherein the load utility executes on a first computer system; wherein the at least one data move process executes on the first computer system.

Claim 28

The method of claim 19, wherein the data move task requires movement of the data from the source database to a target database; wherein the source database resides on a first computer system and wherein the target database resides on a second computer system; wherein said moving the data includes: establishing a connection to a receive process in the second computer system.

Claim 29

The method of claim 19, wherein said moving the data comprises: establishing a connection to a remote server process in the second computer system; providing information the remote server process regarding which tasks desire or require the data; the remote server process starting the at least one data move process in the second computer system in response to said providing.

Claim 30

The method of claim 27, the remote server process receiving information regarding the data move; the method further comprising: creating a transform process on the second computer system in response to the remote server process receiving information regarding the data move.

Claim 31

The method of claim 19, wherein said data move task is unrelated to said first database operation.

Claim 32

The method of claim 19, further comprising: configuring the data move task to take advantage of existing utility operations in an opportunistic fashion prior to said determining data move requirements; wherein said determining data move requirements is performed in response to said configuring the data move task to take advantage of existing utility operations in an opportunistic fashion.

Claim 33

The method of claim 19, wherein the data move process takes advantage of the load utility performing the load operation in an opportunistic fashion.

Claim 34

The method of claim 19, wherein the load utility comprises a reorganization utility.

Claim 35

A memory media which stores program instructions for performing data move operations in an enterprise computing system, wherein the enterprise computing system comprises a plurality of distributed computer systems and includes a source database, wherein the data move operations are performed with improved efficiency, wherein the program instructions implement: initializing an extract utility to begin an extract operation to extract data from the source database, wherein the extract utility is initialized to perform a first database operation; determining data move requirements within the enterprise computing system, wherein said determining determines that at least one data move task requires the data from the source database; the extract utility performing the extract operation to extract the data; providing the data to at least one data move process in response to performing the extract operation, wherein the at least one data move process corresponds to the at least one data move task, wherein said providing is performed in response to determining that at least one data move task requires the data from the source database; the data move process moving the data received from said providing.

Claim 36

A memory media which stores program instructions for performing data move operations in an enterprise computing system, wherein the enterprise computing system comprises a plurality of distributed computer systems and includes a source database, wherein the data move operations are performed with improved efficiency, wherein the program instructions implement: initializing an extract utility to begin an extract operation to extract data from the source database, wherein the extract utility is initialized to perform a first database operation; determining data move requirements within the enterprise computing system, wherein said determining determines that at least one data move task requires the data from the source database; the extract utility performing the extract operation to extract the data; providing the data to at least one data move process in response to performing the extract operation, wherein the at least one data move process corresponds to the at least one data move task, wherein said providing is performed in response to determining that at least one data move task requires the data from the source database; the data move process moving the data received from said providing.

Claim 37

The memory media of claim 33, wherein the enterprise computing system includes a target database; wherein the at least one data move task is required to move the data from the source database to the target database; wherein said moving comprises the data move process moving the data to the target database.

Claim 38

The memory media of claim 33, wherein said determining data move requirements comprises: providing information to an EDM process about the extract operation and the data which is the subject of the extract operation; the EDM process determining if the data is desired for a data move operation using the information; configuring the extract utility to provide the data to a specified destination in response to determining that the data is desired for a data move operation.

Claim 39

The memory media of claim 35, wherein the EDM process determining if the data is desired for a data move operation includes querying a repository for task profiles to determine data move requirements of the at least one data move task.

Claim 40

The memory media of claim 36, wherein said determining data move requirements includes examining required transformation information in the repository regarding the at least one data move task; wherein the program instructions further implement: creating a transform process in response to said required transformation information, wherein said creating is performed in response to determining that the at least one data move task requires the data from the source database and in response to examining the required transformation information in the repository regarding the at least one data move task.

Claim 41

The memory media of claim 33, wherein the program instructions further implement: initializing the at least one data move process in response to determining that said at least one data move process requires the data, wherein the at least one data move process is initialized prior to said providing the data, wherein the at least one data move process corresponds to the at least one data move task.

Claim 42

The memory media of claim 33, wherein said determining the data move requirements is performed in response to said initializing the extract utility.

Claim 43

The memory media of claim 33, wherein the extract utility executes on a first computer system; wherein the at least one data move process executes on the first computer system.

Claim 44

The memory media of claim 33, wherein the data move task requires movement of the data from the source database to a target database; wherein the source database resides on a first computer system and wherein the target database resides on a second computer system; wherein said moving the data includes: establishing a connection to a receive process in the second computer system.

Claim 45

The memory media of claim 41, wherein said moving the data includes: establishing a connection to a remote server process in the second computer system; providing information to the remote server process about which tasks desire or require the data; the remote server process starting the at least one data move process in the second computer system in response to said providing.

Claim 46

The memory media of claim 42, wherein said moving the data further includes: the remote server process receiving information regarding the data move; the program instructions further implementing: creating a transform process on the remote side in response to the remote server process receiving information regarding the data move.

Claim 47

The memory media of claim 33, wherein the data move task requires movement of the data from the source database to a target database; wherein the source database and the target database both reside on a first computer system.

Claim 48

The memory media of claim 33, wherein said data move task is unrelated to said first database operation.

Claim 49

The memory media of claim 33, wherein said data move task is related to said first database operation.

Claim 50

The memory media of claim 33, the program instructions further implementing: configuring the data move task to take advantage of existing utility operations in an opportunistic fashion prior to said determining data move requirements; wherein said determining data move requirements is performed in response to said configuring the data move task to take advantage of existing utility operations in an opportunistic fashion.

Claim 51

The memory media of claim 33, wherein the data move process takes advantage of the extract utility performing the extract operation in an opportunistic fashion.

Claim 52

The memory media of claim 33, wherein the extract utility comprises an unload utility.

Claim 53

The memory media of claim 33, wherein the extract utility comprises a copy utility.

Claim 54

A memory media which stores program instructions for performing data move operations in an enterprise computing system, wherein the enterprise computing system comprises a plurality of distributed computer systems and includes a source database and a target database, wherein the data move operations are performed with improved efficiency, wherein the program instructions implement: initializing a load utility to begin a load operation to load data onto a source database, wherein the load utility is initialized to perform a first database operation; determining data move requirements within the enterprise computing system, wherein said determining determines that at least one data move task requires the data being loaded onto the source database, wherein the at least one data move task is required to move the data from the source database to the target database; the load utility performing the load operation to load the data onto the source database; providing the data to at least one data move process in response to performing the load operation, wherein the at least one data move process corresponds to the at least one data move task, wherein said providing is performed in response to determining that at least one data move task requires the data being loaded onto the source database; and the data move process moving the data received from said providing to the target database.

Claim 55

A memory media which stores program instructions for performing data move operations in an enterprise computing system, wherein the enterprise computing system comprises a plurality of distributed computer systems and includes a source database and a target database, wherein the data move operations are performed with improved efficiency, wherein the program instructions implement: initializing a load utility to begin a load operation to load data onto a source database, wherein the load utility is initialized to perform a first database operation; determining data move requirements within the enterprise computing system, wherein said determining determines that at least one data move task requires the data being loaded onto the source database, wherein the at least one data move task is required to move the data from the source database to the target database; the load utility performing the load operation to load the data onto the source database; providing the data to at least one data move process in response to performing the load operation, wherein the at least one data move process corresponds to the at least one data move task, wherein said providing is performed in response to determining that at least one data move task requires the data being loaded onto the source database; and the data move process moving the data received from said providing to the target database.

Claim 56

The memory media of claim 51, wherein said determining data move requirements wherein the program instructions implement: providing information to an EDM process about the load operation and the data which is the subject of the load operation; the EDM process determining if the data is desired for a data move operation using the information; configuring the load utility to provide the data to a specified destination in response to determining that the data is desired for a data move operation.

Claim 57

The memory media of claim 52, wherein the EDM process determining if the data is desired for a data move operation includes querying a repository for task profiles to determine data move requirements of the at least one data move task.

Claim 58

The memory media of claim 53, wherein said determining data move requirements includes examining required transformation information in the repository regarding the at least one data move task; the program instructions further implementing: creating a transform process in response to said required transformation information, wherein said creating is performed in response to determining that the at least one data move task requires the data from the source database and in response to examining the required transformation information in the repository regarding the at least one data move task.

Claim 59

The memory media of claim 51, wherein the program instructions further implement: initializing the at least one data move process in response to determining that said at least one data move process requires the data, wherein the at least one data move process is initialized prior to said providing the data, wherein the at least one data move process corresponds to the at least one data move task.

Claim 60

The memory media of claim 51, wherein said determining the data move requirements is performed in response to said initializing the load utility.

Claim 61

The memory media of claim 51, wherein the load utility executes on a first computer system; wherein the at least one data move process executes on the first computer system.

Claim 62

The memory media of claim 51, wherein the data move task requires movement of the data from the source database to a target database; wherein the source database resides on a first computer system and wherein the target database resides on a second computer system; wherein said moving the data includes: establishing a connection to a receive process in the second computer system.

Claim 63

The memory media of claim 51, wherein said moving the data comprises: establishing a connection to a remote server process in the second computer system; providing information the remote server process regarding which tasks desire or require the data; the remote server process starting the at least one data move process in the second computer system in response to said providing.

Claim 64

The memory media of claim 59, the remote server process receiving information regarding the data move; the program instructions further implementing: creating a transform process on the second computer system in response to the remote server process receiving information regarding the data move.

Claim 65

The memory media of claim 51, wherein said data move task is unrelated to said first database operation.

Claim 66

The memory media of claim 51, wherein the program instructions further implement: configuring the data move task to take advantage of existing utility operations in an opportunistic fashion prior to said determining data move requirements; wherein said determining data move requirements is performed in response to said configuring the data move task to take advantage of existing utility operations in an opportunistic fashion.

Claim 67

The memory media of claim 51, wherein the data move process takes advantage of the load utility performing the load operation in an opportunistic fashion.

Claim 68

The memory media of claim 51, wherein the load utility comprises a reorganization utility.

Claim 69

An enterprise computing system which performs data move operations with improved efficiency, comprising: a plurality of computer systems, wherein said plurality of computer systems includes a source computer system which includes a source database; an extract utility which executes in the source computer system which is initialized to begin an extract operation to extract data from the source database, wherein the extract utility is initialized to perform a first database operation, wherein the extract utility is operable to perform an extract operation to extract data; a program which executes in the enterprise computing system which is operable to determine data move requirements within the enterprise computing system, wherein said program determines data move requirements in response to initialization of said extract utility, wherein the program determines that at least one data move task requires the data; a data move process which corresponds to the at least one data move task; wherein the program is operable to configure the extract utility to provide data to the data move process corresponding to the at least one data move task which is determined to require the data from the source database; wherein the extract utility is operable to provide the data to the data move process during performance of the extract operation, wherein the extract utility is operable to provide the data to the data move process in response to the program determining that the at least one data move task requires the data from the source database; wherein the data move process is operable to move the data received from the extract utility.

Claim 70

An enterprise computing system which performs data move operations with improved efficiency, comprising: a plurality of computer systems, wherein said plurality of computer systems includes a source computer system which includes a source database; an extract utility which executes in the source computer system which is initialized to begin an extract operation to extract data from the source database, wherein the extract utility is initialized to perform a first database operation, wherein the extract utility is operable to perform an extract operation to extract data; a program which executes in the enterprise computing system which is operable to determine data move requirements within the enterprise computing system, wherein said program determines data move requirements in response to initialization of said extract utility, wherein the program determines that at least one data move task requires the data; a data move process which corresponds to the at least one data move task; wherein the program is operable to configure the extract utility to provide data to the data move process corresponding to the at least one data move task which is determined to require the data from the source database; wherein the extract utility is operable to provide the data to the data move process during performance of the extract operation, wherein the extract utility is operable to provide the data to the data move process in response to the program determining that the at least one data move task requires the data from the source database; wherein the data move process is operable to move the data received from the extract utility.

Claim 71

The enterprise computing system of claim 65, wherein said plurality of computer systems includes a target computer system which includes a target database; wherein the at least one data move task is required to move the data from the source database to the target database; wherein the data move process is operable to move the data received from the extract utility to the target database.