Patent ID: 8135922

Claim:
A method to validate the configuration of an information storage and retrieval system, comprising the steps of: providing a source information storage and retrieval system comprising (N) physical objects and (M) logical objects; providing a target information storage and retrieval system; providing a master controller in communication with said source information storage and retrieval system and with said target information storage and retrieval system, wherein said master controller comprises a processor, memory, an Overwrite Indicator, a Load Physical Indicator, and a Load Logical Indicator; when overwriting the configuration of said target information storage and retrieval system, setting said Overwrite Indicator; when loading the physical configuration of said source information storage and retrieval system to said target information storage and retrieval system, setting said Load Physical Indicator; when loading the logical configuration of said source information storage and retrieval system to said target information storage and retrieval system, setting said Load Logical Indicator; receiving a command to validate the configuration of said target information storage and retrieval system with respect to said source information storage and retrieval system, wherein said source information storage and retrieval system comprises an (i)th physical object, wherein (i) is greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to (N); when said source information storage and retrieval system comprises a logical object corresponding to said (i)th physical object, and when said target information storage and retrieval system does not include said (i)th physical object, providing an error message failing said configuration validation.