Patent ID: 9720818
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, at a device from a first client device, a request for first functionality for performing a test of a storage controller, wherein the first functionality comprises configuration functionality including processes for preparing a data structure on the storage controller to perform a failover test, wherein the preparing the data structure comprises copying a volume of data to create a new volume to be used for the failover test; sending to the first client device an application programming interface (API) for the first functionality, wherein the API is populated with API functionality used to invoke performance of the failover test for the storage controller; receiving, from the API that is at the first client device, a test request to perform the failover test to test the storage controller; and executing the test request to perform the failover test by copying data from a first location to a new location as test data for use by the failover test and invoking the storage controller to perform a failover utilizing the test data.