Graphical storage system visualization, timeline based event visualization, and storage system configuration visualization

摘要

A method and system for visually displaying and navigating a computer storage system are disclosed. The storage system can be graphically browsed to select a particular entity in the storage system. A graphical timeline of events relating to the selected entity is displayed. Selecting an event from the timeline displays a graphical representation of the storage system at a time relating to the selected event or additional graphical detail about the selected event. Based on the selected event, configuration information for the entity in the storage system that experienced the event can be displayed and compared against the configuration of the entity at a different time or against a predefined template.

主权项

1. An apparatus comprising:
an interface; a processor coupled with the interface, the processor operable to generate a graphical user interface (GUI) based at least partially on information communicated via the interface, the GUI to display details regarding a selected event that occurred on a selected entity in a computer storage system, the GUI comprising:
a graphical view of the storage system, the graphical view selected from predefined views, the predefined views presented in the graphical view as selectable thumbnails comprising at least a physical system view thumbnail, a disk-level view thumbnail, a redundant array of inexpensive disks (RAID) level view thumbnail, a logical volume layout thumbnail, and a capacity view thumbnail;a view selection element for selecting among the predefined views;a location information element for displaying a current location in the storage system, the location information element showing a path through a hierarchical structure of the storage system from a top-level entity in the storage system to the selected entity;an event identifier for identifying the selected event.