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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2017
Emc Ip Holding Company Llc, Hopkinton, MA (US);
EMC IP Holdiing Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for performing an upgrade may include: receiving notification regarding an occurrence of a trigger event in a system, wherein the trigger event is included in a set of one or more defined trigger events, and wherein the set includes one or more defined time periods; and responsive to receiving the notification, performing first processing including: collecting configuration information describing a current configuration of the system, wherein the configuration information includes data storage device information identifying particular data storage devices in the system, a current version of software on the system, and a current version of firmware for a particular type of data storage device in the system; and performing proactive analysis of the configuration information that determines whether to recommend performing an upgrade to the firmware.