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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2010
Michael Gerard Finnegan, Portland, OR (US);
Mark Sean Fleming, Oro Valley, AZ (US);
Jin Yan Huang, Shanghai, CN;
Michael Allan Nelsen, Longmont, CO (US);
Wei Yin, Shanghai, CN;
Michael Gerard Finnegan, Portland, OR (US);
Mark Sean Fleming, Oro Valley, AZ (US);
Jin Yan Huang, Shanghai, CN;
Michael Allan Nelsen, Longmont, CO (US);
Wei Yin, Shanghai, CN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for generating and managing logical units (LUNs) in a storage network environment is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, such an apparatus includes an identification module to identify a type of LUN, one or more servers that will access the LUN, and a storage system that will host the LUN. A mapping module maps the type, the one or more servers, and the storage system to one more abbreviations. A naming module then generates a LUN name that encapsulates the abbreviations. An assignment module may then assign the LUN name to the LUN. A corresponding method and computer program product are also disclosed herein.