Software application domain and storage domain stitching process and method

• US 20040054782A1
• Filed: 09/16/2002
• Published: 03/18/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Donze, Fabian, Datta, Utpal
• Application Number:
  US10/244,704
• Publication Number:
  US 20040054782A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/227
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/323 Visualisation of programs or trace data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0635 by changing the path, e.g. traffic rerouting, path reconfiguration
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/067 Distributed or networked storage systems, e.g. storage area networks [SAN], network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/03 Credit; Loans; Processing thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/06 Asset management; Financial planning or analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/046 comprising network management agents or mobile agents therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/06 Management of faults, events, alarms or notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0853 by actively collecting configuration information or by backing up configuration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/045 for graphical visualisation of monitoring data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0888 Throughput
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

A method for mapping data path connections includes accessing information representing a data path between a software application and a storage system, the information is collected from the software application by an agent, accessing information representing the data path between the storage system and the software application, a portion of the information is collected from the storage system by an agent, determining connections associated with the data path, and mapping the data path connections to form a connection map.

Claims

1. A method for mapping data path connections comprises:

accessing information representing a data path between a software application and a storage system, the information is collected from the software application by an agent;

accessing information representing the data path between the storage system and the software application, a portion of the information is collected from the storage system by an agent;

determining connections associated with the data path; and

mapping the data path connections to form a connection map.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprises:

disseminating the connection map to a user.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein a database is accessed for the information representing the data path.