Methods and apparatus for processing partitioned changes

A computer-implemented method of processing event data in a storage area network via a management server, the computer-implemented method comprising:

• receiving an update section indicative of updates to at least one storage device in a storage array, the update section comprising a subtransaction of a transaction, wherein the update section corresponds to a portion of a transaction, the transaction being reported as an atomic occurrence;
• processing the update section in a managed object database, the managed object database processing a plurality of the update sections collectively defining the transaction;
• and
• suppressing events indicative of the update section pending completion of each of the update sections corresponding to the transaction, the suppressed events being released upon processing of each update section in the transaction;
• receiving a registration request from a process, including an event type that the requesting process is listening for;
• detecting an occurrence of the listened-for event matching the event type in the registration request;
• and
• selectively transmitting the listened-for event based on whether the event corresponds to an update section.

A tangible computer program product having a non--transitory computer readable storage medium operable to store computer program logic embodied in computer program code encoded thereon for atomic processing of partitioned event data in a storage area network via a management server, the computer program product comprising:

• computer program code for receiving an update section indicative of updates to at least one storage device in a storage array, the update section comprising a subtransaction of a transaction, wherein the update section corresponds to a portion of a transaction, the transaction being reported as an atomic occurrence;
• computer program code for processing, via a store process, the update section in a managed object database, the managed object database processing a plurality of the update sections collectively defining the transaction;
• and
• computer program code for suppressing, via a database listener, events indicative of the update section pending completion of each of the update sections corresponding to the transaction, the suppressed events being released upon processing of each update section in the transaction;
• computer program code for receiving a registration request from a process, including an event type that the requesting process is listening for;
• computer program code for detecting an occurrence of the listened-for event matching the event type in the registration request;
• and
• computer program code for selectively transmitting the listened-for event based on whether the event corresponds to an update section.