Patent ID: 9158763
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for cataloging storage arrays, comprising: identifying a storage array having a synchronization operation period, the storage array comprising snapshots, business continuance volumes (BCVs), standard (STD) volumes, clone groups, and storage groups, wherein each clone group comprises a plurality of clone logical unit numbers (LUNs), and each storage group comprises a plurality of source LUNs, and wherein a clone LUN of a clone group is a clone of a source LUN of a storage grow; conducting a storage discovery on the storage array, wherein conducting the storage discovery comprises creating or updating a configuration database file associated with the storage array; obtaining a complete storage array information associated with the storage array from the configuration database file; creating an index comprising a configuration of the storage array or a plurality of configurations of the storage array, wherein the index information comprises the snapshots, the clone logical unit numbers (LUNs), the business continuance volumes (BCVs), the standard (STD) volumes, the clone groups, and the storage groups; updating the index according to a first frequency; and updating a second index associated with a second storage array according to a second frequency, different from the first frequency.