Patent ID: 6883081
Filing Date: 2005-04-19
Classification: G06F,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method to bridge storage management applications, comprising: receiving a request to perform a storage management operation, wherein the storage management operation is received by a first storage management application from a host; performing one or more analysis operations on a storage environment associated with the storage management operation, wherein the one or more analysis operations are performed by the first storage management application; passing the storage management operation from the first storage management application to a second storage management application using an interface associated with the second storage management application, wherein the second storage management application performs the storage management operation on one or more storage resources included in the storage environment on behalf of the first storage management application; and receiving results associated with performing the storage management operation on the one or more storage resources, wherein the results are received by the first storage management application from the second storage management application, wherein in receiving the results, the results are received from a data store read by the first storage management application and written to by the second storage management application.