Method and apparatus for provisioning storage resources

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7945669
APP PUB NO 20040088417A1
SERIAL NO

10283908

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A method and apparatus for automatically provisioning at least a portion of a computer system to meet a specification provided in a provisioning request. In one embodiment, the provisioning includes provisioning at least one resource from each of at least one host computer, at least one storage system, and at least one connectivity resource that connects the at least one host computer to the at least one storage system. In another embodiment, the provisioning includes selecting and configuring at least one logical volume of storage and configuring the computer system to provide access to the selected volume. In another aspect, a computer-readable provisioning transaction is created to provision the computer system, and a computer-readable undo transaction is created to undo it. In a further embodiment, an existing computer system is reverse engineered to create a specification that is modified to create the specification in the provisioning request.

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EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC176 SOUTH STREET HOPKINTON MA 01748

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Alexander, Jeffrey L Watertown, US 13 772
Bober, Paul M Lexington, US 9 641
Lindholm, Jason D Cambridge, US 2 285
Lowenthal, Sheldon Lexington, US 4 491

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