Automated server discovery
AssigneeEMC IP Holding Company LLC
InventorsSunil Kumar, Vinay Rao, Boaz Michaely, Arieh Don
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Abstract
In one example, a method involves performing an initial discovery process that includes querying a storage array, and identifying, based on the query, one or more hosts that are registered with the storage array. This initial discovery process is performed automatically without requiring user action to identify the one or more hosts. The method additionally includes presenting a list of discovered hosts, receiving a selection input from a user specifying one or more of the hosts in the list, retrieving, from the storage array, information associated with each of the respective hosts, and making the information available to a user.
Claims9
A system, comprising:
- one or more hardware processors;
- and
- a non-transitory storage medium having stored therein instructions which are executable by the one or more hardware processors to perform operations comprising:
- performing, by a copy data management (CDM) server, an initial discovery process to identify candidates for copy data management services which the CDM server is configured to provide, and the initial discovery process comprises:
- querying a storage array;
- and
- identifying, based on the query, one or more hosts that are registered with the storage array, wherein the initial discovery process is performed automatically by the CDM server without requiring user action to identify the one or more hosts, and the CDM server is configured to communicate with the one or more hosts;
- presenting a list of automatically discovered hosts, and one of the automatically discovered hosts has, or needs, an application and/or data managed by the CDM server;
- receiving a selection input from a user specifying one or more of the hosts in the list, and one of the hosts specified by the user is a target of a copy data management process;
- retrieving, from the storage array, information associated with the hosts specified by the user as a target of the copy data management process, and the information enables the user to access that host and perform, or cause the performance of, the copy data management process on data and/or an application which that host has, or needs;
- making the information available to a user;
- and
- by the CDM server in response to a command from the user, accessing the specified host and performing the copy data management process on the data and/or the application that the specified host has, or needs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.