Patent ID: 8918677
Filing Date: 2014-12-23
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. In a storage area network management application, a method for validating data related to managed resources operating in a storage area network, the method implemented in a computerized device in which at least one computer system accesses instructions from computer storage and executes the instructions to perform steps comprising: obtaining a first data set concerning first characteristics of a resource operating in the storage area network, wherein obtaining the first data set includes: obtaining data values from a first section of a report concerning storage characteristics of data stored within the storage area network; obtaining a second data set concerning second characteristics of the resource operating in the storage area network, wherein obtaining the second data set includes: obtaining data values from a second section of a report concerning storage characteristics of data stored within the storage area network, the second section originating from one of: a same report as the first section and a different report as the first section; applying at least one data validation test using the first data set and the second data set, the at least one data validation test detecting inconsistencies in data in the first and second data sets associated with the resource operating in the storage area network, the detected inconsistencies signifying that a value of the data in at least one of the first and second data sets misrepresents at least one of the first and second characteristics of the resource operating in the storage area network, wherein applying the data validation test includes: applying a computation to data values of the first and second data sets to identify inconsistencies with data presented in at least one storage area network management report by performing a storage characteristic computation using corresponding data values of the first and second report sections to detect the inconsistency in storage characteristics of data stored within the storage area network; and providing a storage area network management report based on data of the first data set and the second data set that accounts for inconsistencies in data associated with the resource as detected by the at least one data validation test; wherein obtaining the first data set and the second data set each comprise obtaining data values from different reports concerning storage characteristics of data stored within the storage area network; and wherein performing the storage characteristic computation comprises performing cross-report validation testing of data in the different reports, wherein applying the at least one data validation test comprises: performing cross-report validation testing of data in the different reports by applying a computation to data values of the first and second data sets to identify inaccuracies with data presented in at least one of the different reports.