Patent ID: 6976145

Claim:
A method in a data processing system for automatically replicating a first data storage subsystem's configuration data on a second data storage subsystem, each storage subsystem being a peripheral of said data processing system and not a standalone computer system, each storage subsystem being inaccessible directly by users, said method comprising the steps of: specifying said first data storage subsystem as a parent subsystem, said first data storage subsystem being configured using a first configuration data; specifying a second data storage subsystem that is to be configured the same as said first data storage subsystem; automatically initiating by said second data storage subsystem a transfer of a copy of said first configuration data from said first data storage subsystem to said second data storage subsystem, said transfer being executed automatically without user intervention; and said second data storage subsystem configuring itself using said copy of said first configuration data, said second data storage subsystem being configured the same as said first data storage subsystem, said second storage subsystem being automatically configured without user intervention.