Patent ID: 7475076
Filing Date: 2009-01-06
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for reporting alert data to a remote location, the method comprising: obtaining alert data indicating an alert associated with a first managed resource in a storage area network, comprising receiving an alert message at a storage area network management application server that manages operation of the first managed resource in the storage area network, the alert message containing the alert data including: i) an alert level indicating a severity of the alert associated with the first managed resource; ii) identification information that uniquely identifies the first managed resource in the storage area network; if the alert level is of a predetermined severity level: identifying a top-level resource in the storage area network to which the first managed resource indicated by the alert data is related; performing remote alert notification analysis to determine that the top-level resource is a managed resource in the storage area network for which remote location alert reporting software is not operational; and proxy engaging operation of remote location alert reporting software on behalf of the top-level resource to report the alert data to the remote location, wherein identifying the top-level resource in the storage area network to which the first managed resource indicated by the alert data is related converts the identification information in the alert data that uniquely identifies the first managed resource in the storage area network into identification information that uniquely identifies the top-level resource to which the first managed resource relates, wherein converting the identification information in the alert data traverses a managed object model that contains a hierarchical representation of managed resources in the storage area network to identify the top-level resource in an alert propagation system of the storage area network management application, wherein the traversing beginning with the first managed resource indicated by the alert data and identifying successive managed resources in the managed object model that are hierarchically related above the first managed resource until a top-level resource is identified to which the first managed resource experiencing the alert is related in managed object model.