Patent Document ID: 9477425
Application ID: 12411802
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for use in managing object deletion in a storage system comprising a server component communicatively coupled to communicate with one or more clients of the storage system and communicatively coupled to manage a storage array component comprising a disk array, the method comprising: the server component repeatedly polling the storage array component for updated information about the storage system; at the server component, receiving an information set from the storage array component as part of the updated information received as a result of the repeated polling, the information set identifying an object to be deleted from a system management model that is descriptive of the storage system; in response to receiving the information set, applying an iterative process to determine other objects in the system management model that are affected by deletion of the object, the other objects being unidentified in the information set; and automatically deleting the object from the system management model, wherein the acts of polling, receiving, applying and deleting are performed autonomously by the server component, independently of any communication initiating performance of such acts from the one or more clients or any users or other entities, wherein the server component comprises a first provider of services, and the storage array component comprises an operating system and an interface, wherein the interface derives the information set from information received from the operating system, and wherein the first provider receives the information set from the interface and initiates the iterative process.