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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2023
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Aaron T. Twohig, Rathpeacon, IE;
Daryl F. Kinney, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Sean Cronin, Midleton, IE;
Subramanian Venkatraman, Bangalore, IN;
Nagesam Pooni, Bangalore, IN;
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A method comprising: receiving, at a management application, a first definition of a control window, the first definition specifying the control window in a local time of a time zone where the management application is being executed, wherein the first definition identifies: (i) a first start time for the control window, (ii) a first end time for the control window, and (iii) one or more days of the week when the control window should be enforced; detecting an applicable time in the time zone, the applicable time being one of standard time or daylight savings time; generating a second definition of the control window that corresponds to the applicable time, the second definition specifying the control window in a standardized time format, the second definition being generated based on the first definition; and causing the control window to be enforced in a storage array in accordance with the second definition.