Patent ID: 7546333
Filing Date: 2009-06-09
Classification: H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A process for predictive change management of access paths in a network, comprising: specifying one or more planned change tasks, wherein specifying a planned change task includes at least one of adding, removing and configuring a physical network component, a physical link between network components, a port configuration, or a logical unit number (LUN) mapping, forecasting the effects of the planned change tasks according to an access path policy of the network, wherein forecasting the effects includes predicting the effects of the changes to the network, and wherein access paths in the network represent end-to-end access relationships between an application on a server and data LUNs stored on storage devices in the network, and wherein the access path policy comprises a set of access paths and access path attributes, implementing the one or more planned change tasks, tracking implementation of the one or more changes, and determining the effects of the implemented changes for conformance with the access path policy, wherein determining the effects includes detecting a nonconformance of the implemented change with the access path policy.