Patent ID: 7249347
Filing Date: 2007-07-24
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: retrieving, from one or more agents operating in a software domain of a computing system, a first identifier that identities a software application, a second identifier that identifies a server, and a third identifier that identifies an operating system; retrieving, from each of a plurality of components operating in a storage domain of a computing system, a fourth identifier that identifies each of the plurality of components; determining one or more software data paths between the software application, the operating system, and the plurality of components operating in the storage domain; determining at least one physical data path and at least one logical data path between the plurality of components; generating a map of (1) at least one software data path occurring within the software domain and (2) at least one logical data path and at least one physical data path occurring within the storage domain between the plurality of components; simulating insertion of an application in the software domain and a component in the storage domain; and presenting the map on a user interface.