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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2008
Xuan Tang, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Russell R. Laporte, Webster, MA (US);
Gregory W. Lazar, Upton, MA (US);
Sriram Krishnan, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Ying Xie, Northborough, MA (US);
Xuan Tang, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Russell R. Laporte, Webster, MA (US);
Gregory W. Lazar, Upton, MA (US);
Sriram Krishnan, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Ying Xie, Northborough, MA (US);
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
A method is used in controlling multi-step storage management operations. From a specification of a desired configuration of a data storage system, a description of a multi-step transaction for producing the desired configuration is derived. The description includes directions for reacting to results of an intermediate step within the multi-step transaction. Management operations are invoked based on the description.