IP Library Granted Patent US 11,487,606
Granted Patent B2
US 11,487,606 · App. 16/886,982 · Granted Nov 1, 2022

Automated alert augmentation for deployments of software-defined storage

Inventors: Sean R. Gallacher (Moncton, CA); Trevor H. Dawe (Riverview, CA); Eric Young (Alexandria, VA); Ian D. Bibby (Murrieta, CA)
Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
G06F11/0793G06F9/542G06F11/0772G06F11/3034G06F11/3086G06F11/327
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Patent No.
US 11,487,606
App. No.
16/886,982
Granted
Nov 1, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for automated alert augmentation for deployments of software-defined storage are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes obtaining an alert from at least one software-defined storage device; determining one or more items of additional information pertaining to one or more of the alert and the at least one software-defined storage device; augmenting the alert based at least in part on the one or more determined items of additional information; generating a modified version of the augmented alert by incorporating, into the augmented alert, dependency information pertaining to the at least one software-defined storage device and one or more additional software-defined storage devices; and performing one or more automated actions based at least in part on the modified version of the augmented alert.

Claims (40)

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

obtaining an alert from at least one software-defined storage device, wherein the at least one software-defined storage device comprises at least one software-defined storage stack, and wherein obtaining the alert comprises implementing at least one mapped consumer component having a one-to-one mapping to the at least one software-defined storage stack;

determining, via communicating with the at least one software-defined storage device using the at least one mapped consumer component, one or more items of additional information pertaining to one or more of the alert and the at least one software-defined storage device;

augmenting the alert based at least in part on the one or more determined items of additional information;

generating a modified version of the augmented alert by incorporating, into the augmented alert, dependency information pertaining to the at least one software-defined storage device and one or more additional software-defined storage devices; and

performing one or more automated actions based at least in part on the modified version of the augmented alert;

wherein the method is performed by at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein determining the one or more items of additional information comprises identifying one or more affected resources related to the alert, wherein the one or more affected resources comprise at least one of disk path, disk media type, one or more servers, one or more storage pools, and one or more volumes.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein performing the one or more automated actions comprises generating and outputting one or more notifications related to the modified version of the augmented alert.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein performing the one or more automated actions comprises executing at least one remediation action in response to the modified version of the augmented alert.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein generating the modified version of the augmented alert comprises configuring the augmented alert with one or more of the following fields: alert type, software-defined storage stack from which the alert originated, severity associated with the alert, one or more affected resources of a software-defined storage stack associated with the alert, one or more impacted resources, one or more dependent software-defined storage stacks, alert identifier, date and time of the alert, and one or more items of metadata.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

publishing the modified version of the augmented alert to one or more storage-related entities.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

publishing the augmented alert to one or more storage-related entities.

8. A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium having stored therein program code of one or more software programs, wherein the program code when executed by at least one processing device causes the at least one processing device:

to obtain an alert from at least one software-defined storage device, wherein the at least one software-defined storage device comprises at least one software -defined storage stack, and wherein obtaining the alert comprises implementing at least one mapped consumer component having a one-to-one mapping to the at least one software-defined storage stack;

to determine, via communicating with the at least one software-defined storage device using the at least one mapped consumer component, one or more items of additional information pertaining to one or more of the alert and the at least one software-defined storage device;

to augment the alert based at least in part on the one or more determined items of additional information; to generate a modified version of the augmented alert by incorporating, into the augmented alert, dependency information pertaining to the at least one software-defined storage device and one or more additional software-defined storage devices; and

to perform one or more automated actions based at least in part on the modified version of the augmented alert.

9. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein determining the one or more items of additional information comprises identifying one or more affected resources related to the alert, wherein the one or more affected resources comprise at least one of disk path, disk media type, one or more servers, one or more storage pools, and one or more volumes.

10. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein performing the one or more automated actions comprises generating and outputting one or more notifications related to the modified version of the augmented alert.

11. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein performing the one or more automated actions comprises executing at least one remediation action in response to the modified version of the augmented alert.

12. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein generating the modified version of the augmented alert comprises configuring the augmented alert with one or more of the following fields: alert type, software-defined storage stack from which the alert originated, severity associated with the alert, one or more affected resources of a software-defined storage stack associated with the alert, one or more impacted resources, one or more dependent software-defined storage stacks, alert identifier, date and time of the alert, and one or more items of metadata.

13. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the program code when executed by the at least one processing device causes the at least one processing device:

to publish the modified version of the augmented alert to one or more storage-related entities.

14. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory;

the at least one processing device being configured:

to obtain an alert from at least one software-defined storage device, wherein the at least one software-defined storage device comprises at least one software-defined storage stack, and wherein obtaining the alert comprises implementing at least one mapped consumer component having a one-to-one mapping to the at least one software-defined storage stack;

to determine, via communicating with the at least one software-defined storage device using the at least one mapped consumer component, one or more items of additional information pertaining to one or more of the alert and the at least one software-defined storage device;

to augment the alert based at least in part on the one or more determined items of additional information;

to generate a modified version of the augmented alert by incorporating, into the augmented alert, dependency information pertaining to the at least one software-defined storage device and one or more additional software-defined storage devices; and

to perform one or more automated actions based at least in part on the modified version of the augmented alert.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein determining the one or more items of additional information comprises identifying one or more affected resources related to the alert, wherein the one or more affected resources comprise at least one of disk path, disk media type, one or more servers, one or more storage pools, and one or more volumes.

16. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein performing the one or more automated actions comprises generating and outputting one or more notifications related to the modified version of the augmented alert.

17. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein performing the one or more automated actions comprises executing at least one remediation action in response to the modified version of the augmented alert.

18. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein generating the modified version of the augmented alert comprises configuring the augmented alert with one or more of the following fields: alert type, software-defined storage stack from which the alert originated, severity associated with the alert, one or more affected resources of a software-defined storage stack associated with the alert, one or more impacted resources, one or more dependent software-defined storage stacks, alert identifier, date and time of the alert, and one or more items of metadata.

19. The apparatus of claim 14 , the at least one processing device being further configured:

to publish the modified version of the augmented alert to one or more storage-related entities.

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SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2020
From: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
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SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2020
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 29, 2020
From: GALLACHER, SEAN R.; DAWE, TREVOR H.; YOUNG, ERIC; BIBBY, IAN D.
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