Generating executable tasks from non-executable text files

An apparatus comprising:

• a multi-site data storage monitoring system comprising a first computer configured to transmit a non-executable textual representation of a recommended action to reconfigure a first data storage node of a plurality of data storage nodes by deleting an identified storage group on the first data storage node;
• and
• an element manager computer configured to:
• receive the non-executable textual representation of the recommended action from the first computer;
• use the non-executable textual representation to generate a computer-executable job to implement the recommended action;
• and
• execute the computer-executable job to delete the identified storage group on the first data storage node, wherein:
• the non-executable textual representation of the recommended action is a JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) file including an intention and essential properties of the recommended action, and
• the element manager computer is further configured to retrieve stored authorization credentials for a user of the first computer via a token when the user is not logged in to the first computer at execution time of the executing the computer-executable job by the element manager computer.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by one or more computers cause the computers to perform a method comprising:

• transmitting, from a first computer to an element manager computer, a non-executable textual representation of a recommended action to reconfigure a first data storage node of a plurality of data storage nodes by deleting an identified storage group on the first data storage node;
• the element manager computer using the non-executable textual representation of the recommended action to generate a computer-executable job to implement the recommended action;
• and
• executing, by the element manager computer, the computer-executable job to delete the identified storage group on the first data storage node, wherein:
• the non-executable textual representation of the recommended action is a Javascript Object Notation (JSON) file including an intention and essential properties of the recommended action, and
• the element manager computer retrieves stored authorization credentials for a user of the first computer via a token when the user is not logged in to the first computer at execution time of the executing the computer-executable job by the element manager computer.