Storage resource scan
AssigneeReldata, Inc.
InventorKirill Malkin
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Abstract
Various information about storage resources in a UNIX or UNIX derivative operating system computing environment is gathered from various sources in response to scan requests. Where a given type of information for a given storage resource is gathered from multiple sources, the information is verified for consistency, and placed in a single file in an industry standard hierarchical format. Scan threads are timed to provide reliable performance.
Claims24
A method of reliably completing a storage resource scan in a UNIX or UNIX derivative operating system computing environment, the method comprising:
- initiating, by a resource scanner operating in a computing unit of the computing environment, at least one scan thread for a storage resource in the computing environment, wherein the at least one scan thread is directed to information collection about the storage resource from at least one source within the computing environment;
- excluding by the resource scanner at least one of the at least one scan thread from scan results where execution is incomplete after a predetermined time;
- placing by the resource scanner the at least one of the at least one scan thread into a queue for continued execution until completion;
- and
- assembling by the resource scanner the collected information into a single file in a standard hierarchical format.
A system for reliably completing a storage resource scan in a UNIX or UNIX derivative operating system computing environment, the system comprising:
- a storage resource coupled to a UNIX or UNIX derivative operating system computing environment;
- and
- a resource scanner operating in a computing unit of the computing environment for:
- initiating at least one scan thread for the storage resource, wherein the at least one scan thread is directed to information collection about the storage resource from at least one source within the computing environment;
- excluding at least one of the at least one scan thread from scan results where execution is incomplete after a predetermined time;
- placing the at least one of the at least one scan thread into a queue for continued execution until completion;
- and
- assembling the collected information into a single file in a standard hierarchical format.
At least one non-transient program storage device readable by a machine tangibly embodying at least one program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method of reliably completing a storage resource scan in a UNIX or UNIX derivative operating system computing environment, the method comprising:
- initiating by a resource scanner operating in a computing unit of the computing environment, at least one scan thread for a storage resource in the computing environment, wherein the at least one scan thread is directed to information collection about the storage resource from at least one source within the computing environment;
- excluding by the resource scanner at least one of the at least one scan thread from scan results where execution is incomplete after a predetermined time;
- placing by the resource scanner the at least one of the at least one scan thread into a queue for continued execution until completion;
- and
- assembling by the resource scanner the collected information into a single file in a standard hierarchical format.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.