Patent ID: 7475204
Filing Date: 2009-01-06
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system of managing replicated storage media of a communications environment, said system comprising: means for obtaining control by an entity of the communications environment to determine whether one or more storage media of the replicated storage media are in an appropriate state to allow at least one of application access and data replication; means for automatically obtaining by the entity a state of the one or more storage media; means for employing, by a resource manager of the communications environment, a policy to determine the choices of where the one or more storage media can be accessible; and means for automatically placing the one or more storage media in the appropriate state to allow the at least one of application access and data replication, said means for automatically placing employing at least the obtained state of the one or more storage media and the policy, and wherein the means for automatically placing comprises: wherein the means for automatically obtaining the state comprises means for querying another entity for the state of the one or more storage media, wherein the means for automatically placing comprises: means for invoking at least one command to be executed to place the one or more storage media in the appropriate state, the invoking being based at least in part on the obtained state, and wherein the means for checking comprises: means for querying the state, in response to execution of one or more commands of the at least one command, to determine the state in response to execution; and means for executing one or more commands, if the querying indicates the queried state is not the appropriate state.