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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2002
Thomas W. Lanzatella, Minneapolis, MN (US);
John A. Colgrove, Los Altos, CA (US);
Blaine T. Cuykendall, San Jose, CA (US);
Allen Unueco, Bellevue, WA (US);
Graham Bromley, Dublin, CA (US);
Thomas W. Lanzatella, Minneapolis, MN (US);
John A. Colgrove, Los Altos, CA (US);
Blaine T. Cuykendall, San Jose, CA (US);
Allen Unueco, Bellevue, WA (US);
Graham Bromley, Dublin, CA (US);
VERITAS Operating Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems to bridge storage management software are provided. A first storage management application communicates with a host and performs an analysis of a storage environment associated with the host. The first storage management application uses the analysis to determine if a storage resource interface is controlled by a second storage management application, and if so a plugin application is accessed by the first storage management application to permit the second storage management application to perform a storage management operation on behalf of the host. In one embodiment, the analysis is updated by the first storage management application upon receiving results from second storage management application, where the results reflect the processing of the storage management operation by the second storage management application.