Patent ID: 7984515
Filing Date: 2011-07-19
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of enforcing software licenses on storage area network (SAN) entities by a computerized device coupled to the storage area network, the method comprising: deploying a set of software products to the storage area network entities in the storage area network, each software product in the set of software products having one or more features for which a license may be obtained; identifying data collection policies (DCPs) associated with the features of each of the deployed software products in the set of software products for collection of data from the storage area network entities; determining existence of a license for each of the features of each of the deployed software products in the set of software products deployed to the storage area network entities; and disabling, for each unlicensed feature of each software product of the set of software products deployed to the storage area network entities, at least one data collection policy (DCP) associated with the unlicensed feature.