A management computer collects, from a storage subsystem via a management network, path definition information including the contents of a security setting made to a path accessible to a volume in the storage subsystem, and when the volume in the storage subsystem is an original volume having a replica...http://www.google.com.au/patents/US7877782?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7877782 - Method and apparatus for configuration management of computer system
