Data collection policy for storage devices

Details Data collection policy for storage devices Data collection policy for storage devices

2002-12-31

2008-12-30

Follansbee, John (Department: 2151)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Computer network managing

Computer network monitoring

C709S225000, C709S227000, C707S793000, C702S186000, C702S187000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07472182

ABSTRACT:
Collecting data for a storage area network includes providing a plurality of agents that collect data from objects of the storage area network, providing a plurality of data collection policies, where each of the policies indicates a type of data to be collected and a frequency of collection, and applying the policies to the agents, where the agents collect data according to the type of data and the frequencies indicated by the data collection policies. At least one of the agents may have a plurality of data collection policies applied thereto to cause the at least one agent to collect the types of data at the frequencies indicated by the merge of all of the data collection policies applied to the at least one agent. Merging the data collection policies may be performed by the at least one of the agents that receives the data collection policies or may be performed by an entity other than the at least one of the agents.

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