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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2007
Douglas A. Wood, Westford, MA (US);
Mark A. Parenti, Milford, NH (US);
George J. Grosner, Jr., Westborough, MA (US);
Stephen J. Todd, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Douglas A. Wood, Westford, MA (US);
Mark A. Parenti, Milford, NH (US);
George J. Grosner, Jr., Westborough, MA (US);
Stephen J. Todd, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
Described are techniques for performing data storage system management of a data storage system. An active element manager component is provided that performs data storage system management operations. Using the active element management component, context information is collected. User relevant information is received by the active element manager component. The user relevant information includes information about a virtual user community relevant to a first user identifier. For an active element management session having the first user identifier, the user relevant information is displayed via a user interface. The user interface provides for display a first portion of the user relevant information about the virtual user community and a first connection to the external environment. Upon selection of the first portion, the active element manager component connects to a target location associated with the virtual user community and provides the context information to the external environment.