Automating configuration and migrating configurations of assets in a storage area network

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9529828-B1
Application number	US-201314140132-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Dec 24, 2013
Priority date	Dec 24, 2013
Publication date	Dec 27, 2016
Grant date	Dec 27, 2016

Abstract

Techniques for automating configuration and migrating configurations of assets in a storage area network (SAN). For example, a method comprises the following steps. An element representing an event in a project is generated. One or more assets are added to the element. A group within the element including a sub-set of the one or more assets from the element is generated, wherein the one or more assets in the sub-set are to be configured.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
generating an element representing an event in a storage system migration project;
adding one or more assets to the element;
generating a migration group within the element including a sub-set of the one or more assets from the element; and
determining a source asset and a target asset from the one or more assets;
wherein one or more assets in the sub-set are to be configured;
wherein the element comprises an event window used in connection with planning the storage system migration project;
wherein the sub-set of the one or more assets includes the source asset and the target asset grouped together in the migration group to permit a configuration of the source asset and a configuration of the target asset to be managed together, and to permit management of an assignment between at least two assets;
wherein assignments on the target asset are automatically configured based on the configuration of the source asset, a script is automatically generated to update the configuration on at least one of the source asset and the target asset, the one or more assets added to the element further comprise an associated asset that is automatically configured, and the event window displays a time period when the event is occurring; and
wherein the generating the element, adding, generating the migration group and determining steps are executed via at least one processor coupled to a memory.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising automatically configuring at least one of a fabric, zone and port assignment on the target asset based on the configuration of the source asset.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising automatically configuring at least one of extents from storage volumes, devices from extents, virtual volumes from devices, and storage views on a target virtual storage asset based on the configuration of the source asset.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising automatically generating a rule to detect at least one of information, a warning and an error condition in a network.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the associated asset is included in the element and is not included in the sub-set of the one or more assets.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein automatically configuring the associated asset comprises at least one of creating a masking to the associated asset and assigning a connectivity of the associated asset.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein configuring the one or more assets in the sub-set is performed within a single asset, between two assets, between one asset and a plurality of assets, or from a plurality of assets to another plurality of assets.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the migration group within the element further includes one or more profiles including device information, entity information and migration constraints.

9. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory processor-readable storage medium having encoded therein executable code of one or more software programs, wherein the one or more software programs when executed by the processor device implement the steps of:
generating an element representing an event in a storage system migration project;
adding one or more assets to the element;
generating a migration group within the element including a sub-set of the one or more assets from the element; and
determining a source asset and a target asset from the one or more assets;
wherein one or more assets in the sub-set are to be configured;
wherein the element comprises an event window used in connection with planning the storage system migration project;
wherein the sub-set of the one or more assets includes the source asset and the target asset grouped together in the migration group to permit a configuration of the source asset and a configuration of the target asset to be managed together, and to permit management of an assignment between at least two assets; and
wherein assignments on the target asset are automatically configured based on the configuration of the source asset, a script is automatically generated to update the configuration on at least one of the source asset and the target asset, the one or more assets added to the element further comprise an associated asset that is automatically configured, and the event window displays a time period when the event is occurring.

10. The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the one or more software programs when executed by the processor device further implement the step of automatically configuring at least one of a fabric, zone and port assignment on the target asset based on the configuration of the source asset.

11. The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the one or more software programs when executed by the processor device further implement the step of automatically configuring at least one of extents from storage volumes, devices from extents, virtual volumes from devices, and storage views on a target virtual storage asset based on the configuration of the source asset.

12. The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the one or more software programs when executed by the processor device further implement the step of automatically generating a rule to detect at least one of information, a warning and an error condition in a network.

13. The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the associated asset is included in the element and is not included in the sub-set of the one or more assets.

14. The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein automatically configuring the associated asset comprises at least one of creating a masking to the associated asset and assigning a connectivity of the associated asset.

15. The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein configuring the one or more assets in the sub-set is performed within a single asset, between two assets, between one asset and a plurality of assets, or from a plurality of assets to another plurality of assets.

16. The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the migration group within the element further includes one or more profiles including device information, entity information and migration constraints.

17. An apparatus comprising:
a memory; and
a processor operatively coupled to the memory and configured to:
generate an element representing an event in a storage system migration project;
add one or more assets to the element; and
generate a migration group within the element including a sub-set of the one or more assets from the element; and
determine a source asset and a target asset from the one or more assets;

wherein one or more assets in the sub-set are to be configured;
wherein the element comprises an event window used in connection with planning the storage system migration project;
wherein the sub-set of the one or more assets includes the source asset and the target asset grouped together in the migration group to permit a configuration of the source asset and a configuration of the target asset to be managed together, and to permit management of an assignment between at least two assets;
wherein the processor is further operative to automatically configure assignments on the target asset based on the configuration of the source asset, a script is automatically generated to update the configuration on at least one of the source asset and the target asset, the one or more assets added to the element further comprise an associated asset, and the processor is further operative to automatically configure the associated asset; and
wherein the event window displays a time period whe

Assignees

• Emc Corp
• Emc Ip Holding Co Llc

Inventors

• Schwartz Michael
• Hay Jody
• Murphy Karen
• Gunn Fergal

Classifications

• G06F17/303 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F3/0605 Primary

  by facilitating the interaction with a user or administrator · CPC title

• H04L67/1097

  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 title

• H04L67/125

  involving control of end-device applications over a network · CPC title

• H04L67/10

  in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) · CPC title