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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2015
Emc Ip Holding Company Llc, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Donald E. Labaj, Northborough, MA (US);
Kendra Marchant, Arlington, MA (US);
Rhon Porter, Sutton, MA (US);
EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
Described are techniques for performing data storage management operations. A graphical user interface display includes multiple each associated with a tiering preference. The graphical user interface includes multiple user interface elements representing a plurality of logical devices. Each user interface element denotes a logical device located in one of the plurality of areas to thereby indicate any of a tiering preference and a tiering requirement for the logical device. First processing is performed to modify a tiering preference for a first logical device where the first processing includes selecting the first logical device by selecting a user interface element representing the first logical device, and moving the first user interface element from a first of the areas, denoting a first tiering preference, to a second of the area, denoting a second tiering preference.