Method and apparatus for reporting storage device and storage system data

A system for providing data regarding a storage system, the system comprising:

• the storage system comprising a set of one or more storage devices, a reporting module, and a storage management module configured for monitoring or testing storage devices of the storage system;
• and
• the reporting module configured for:
• collecting storage system data and storage device data of a particular storage device upon the particular storage device exhibiting an error,
• storing the collected data to a report file in a predetermined format that specifies a first section comprising storage system data and a second section comprising storage device data,
• collecting storage system data upon monitoring of the particular storage device ending,
• collecting storage system data upon testing of the particular storage device ending, and
• storing the collected data to the report file in the predetermined format which specifies first and second sub-sections of the first section, the first sub-section comprising storage system data collected upon monitoring of the particular storage device ending and the second sub-section comprising storage system data collected upon testing of the particular storage device ending.

A method for providing data regarding a storage system comprising a set of one or more storage devices, the method comprising:

• providing the storage system that executes a reporting module and a storage management module for:
• collecting storage system data and storage device data of a particular storage device upon the particular storage device exhibiting an error,
• storing the collected data to a report file in a predetermined format that specifies a first section comprising storage system data and a second section comprising storage device data,
• monitoring or testing the storage devices,
• collecting monitoring data of the particular storage device upon monitoring of the particular storage device ending,
• collecting testing data of the particular storage device upon testing of the particular storage device ending, and
• storing the collected data to the report file in the predetermined format which specifies first and second sub-sections of the second section, the first sub-section comprising monitoring data and the second sub-section comprising testing data.

A method for providing data regarding a storage system comprising a set of one or more storage devices, the method comprising:

• providing the storage system that executes a reporting module and a storage management module for:
• collecting storage system data and storage device data of a particular storage device upon the particular storage device exhibiting an error;
• storing the collected data to a report file in a predetermined format that specifies a first section comprising storage system data and a second section comprising storage device data;
• monitoring or testing storage devices of the storage system;
• collecting storage system data upon monitoring of the particular storage device ending;
• collecting storage system data upon testing of the particular storage device ending;
• and
• storing the collected data to the report file in the predetermined format which specifies first and second sub-sections of the first section, the first sub-section comprising storage system data collected upon monitoring of the particular storage device ending and the second sub-section comprising storage system data collected upon testing of the particular storage device ending.

A computer-program product comprising a computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon when executed by a processor, provide data regarding a storage system comprising a set of one or more storage devices, the computer-program product comprising sets of instructions for:

• collecting storage system data and storage device data of a particular storage device upon the particular storage device exhibiting an error,
• storing the collected data to a report file in a predetermined format that specifies a first section comprising storage system data and a second section comprising storage device data,
• monitoring or testing storage devices of the storage system,
• collecting monitoring data of the particular storage device upon monitoring of the particular storage device ending,
• collecting testing data of the particular storage device upon testing of the particular storage device ending, and
• storing the collected data to the report file in the predetermined format which specifies first and second sub-sections of the second section, the first sub-section comprising monitoring data and the second sub-section comprising testing data.

A computer-program product comprising a computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon when executed by a processor, provide data regarding a storage system comprising a set of one or more storage devices, the computer-program product comprising sets of instructions for:

• collecting storage system data and storage device data of a particular storage device upon the particular storage device exhibiting an error;
• storing the collected data to a report file in a predetermined format that specifies a first section comprising storage system data and a second section comprising storage device data;
• monitoring or testing storage devices of the storage system;
• collecting storage system data upon monitoring of the particular storage device ending;
• collecting storage system data upon testing of the particular storage device ending;
• and
• storing the collected data to the report file in the predetermined format which specifies first and second sub-sections of the first section, the first sub-section comprising storage system data collected upon monitoring of the particular storage device ending and the second sub-section comprising storage system data collected upon testing of the particular storage device ending.