Patent ID: 7620720
Filing Date: 2009-11-17
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method in which at least one computer system initiates execution of instructions retrieved from storage, the computer-implemented method facilitating de-allocation of resources in a storage area network environment, the computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, at the at least one computer, a selected at least one resource to be deallocated from the storage area network environment; applying a traversal function to a repository of managed objects representing the resources in the storage area network environment to identify other resources in the storage area network environment that at least partially rely on existence of the selected at least one resource for accessing data stored in the storage area network environment; prior to deallocating the selected at least one resource from the storage area network environment, graphically presenting the selected at least one resource in relation to the identified other resources to illustrate i) respective managed objects that will be partially deallocated and ii) respective managed objects that will be completely deallocated as a result of deallocating the selected at least one resource; and wherein applying the traversal function to the repository of managed objects results in identifying logical paths of related resources in a resource hierarchy that depend on the selected at least one resource to access data in the storage area network environment.