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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2002
Russell Thrasher, Raleigh, NC (US);
Abhijit Muthiyan, Cary, NC (US);
Mark Sutter, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Huseyin Kaya, Oviedo, FL (US);
Russell Thrasher, Raleigh, NC (US);
Abhijit Muthiyan, Cary, NC (US);
Mark Sutter, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Huseyin Kaya, Oviedo, FL (US);
Symantec Operating Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of a system and method for providing service-level monitoring for applications in SANs. Embodiments may identify what applications are running on which hosts in a SAN, automatically identify which paths the applications use through the storage infrastructure to reach their storage, and may monitor SAN components of the paths. One embodiment may provide a task group monitor that monitors groups of SAN components and reports problems detected on group members at the application level. Embodiments may proactively monitor SAN infrastructure including the hardware and/or software components of storage, hosts, fabric, etc. needed for scheduled application tasks such as backup tasks and may alert the operator when problems are detected. Thus, embodiments correlate detected infrastructure problems directly to the applications that are affected, allowing these problems to be addressed at the application level, and prior to scheduled execution of tasks. One embodiment may be implemented in a SAN management system.