Patent ID: 7047286
Filing Date: 2006-05-16
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for modifying a logical library configuration from a remote management application which reduces the number of separate display panels a user has to view, and also reduces the number of pages requested from a server, comprising: providing a display panel which displays a configuration of all logical libraries of a similar media type in the single display panel comprising an allocation of a fixed number of hardware resources among all the logical libraries, the fixed number of hardware resources comprising a plurality of drives, a plurality of storage slots, and a plurality of control ports; and modifying the displayed configuration of all logical libraries of a similar media type within a configuration range available for the logical libraries of the similar media type by reallocating at least some of the fixed number of hardware resources among at least some of all the logical libraries, which results in the display panel displaying a reallocation of the remainder of the fixed number of hardware resources among the remainder of all the logical libraries, wherein for each separate logical library, the single display panel displays an allocated number of the plurality of drives, an allocated number of the plurality of storage slots, and an allocated number of the plurality of control ports, and wherein the validity of a particular hardware resource reallocation is checked by automatically reallocating the remainder of the fixed number of hardware resources among the remainder of all the logical libraries whenever the hardware resource allocation for one logical library is changed.