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Karen Murphy

Fergal Gunn

Michael Schwartz

Jody Hay

David Andrew Bowden

Benjamin David

Scott R Ostapovicz

Fearghal O'Maolcatha

Michal Abraham

Peter Austin Macaulay

John Connolly

Aidan D Moriarty

Gregory Denis Cowan

Techniques for providing an automatically configured placeholder element that can be used during asset modeling and migration planning when a configuration element is not available. For example, a method comprises the following steps. A determination is made that an actual element to be used in a configuration change associated with a data storage system is unavailable. A logical placeholder element is created in a representation of a state of the data storage system to substitute for the unavailable actual element, and a configuration of the logical placeholder element in the representation of the state of the data storage system is based on one or more settings in the unavailable actual element. At least one of configuration and migration planning is performed using the logical placeholder element, and the logical placeholder element is merged with the actual element in the representation of the state of the data storage system once the actual element becomes available.

Placeholder element for asset modeling and migration planning

Techniques for improved workflow for migration planning of data storage systems. For example, a method comprises the following steps. A plurality of elements representing events of a workflow are generated, wherein each element is active for a predetermined duration. A group of one or more assets to be migrated as a unit are assigned to each element. A group of the one or more assets is moved from a first element of the plurality of elements to a second element of the plurality of elements.

Workflow for migration planning of data storage systems

Techniques for automating configuration and migrating configurations of assets in a storage area network (SAN). For example, a method comprises the following steps. An element representing an event in a project is generated. One or more assets are added to the element. A group within the element including a sub-set of the one or more assets from the element is generated, wherein the one or more assets in the sub-set are to be configured.

Automating configuration and migrating configurations of assets in a storage area network

Techniques for automatic file system migration to a network attached storage (NAS) device or system. For example, a method comprises the following steps. A first network attached storage system and a second network attached storage system are designated. A file system on the first network attached storage system is selected to migrate to the second network attached storage system, at least one criterion of the file system on the second network attached storage system is defined, and a configuration of the second network attached storage system is automatically determined based on the defined criterion.

Automatic file system migration to a network attached storage system

Raw data is uploaded to a workspace, and an asset is determined from the raw data. The asset from the raw data is compared with an existing asset in the workspace to determine if the asset from the raw data already exists in the workspace. The comparing includes comparing a first distinguished name of the asset from the raw data with a second distinguished name of the existing asset to determine if the first and second distinguished names are the same.

Using distinguished names and relative distinguished names for merging data in an XML schema

Techniques for improved snapshot data management for modeling and migration planning associated with data storage systems and datacenters. For example, a method comprises the following steps. A plurality of types of representation of states of a system are generated, data from the system is imported to a first type of representation, and a second type of representation is updated, via the first type of representation, with the imported data, wherein modeling is capable of being performed in the second type of representation, and not capable of being performed in the first type of representation.

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