US Patent 7322010 Graphical user interface for mapping computer resources

In one embodiment, a computer accessible medium comprises a plurality of instructions. The plurality of instructions, when executed, present a graphical view of a first computer system configuration and a second computer system configuration. The first computer system configuration comprising a first plurality of computer system resources. Similarly, the second computer system configuration comprises a second plurality of computer system resources. The plurality of instructions, when executed, also provide a mechanism to capture data representing at least a first resource of the first plurality of computer system resources from the first computer system configuration and insert the data in the second computer system configuration. A similar method and computer system are contemplated. In some embodiments, the computer system resources include one or more volumes and mappings to one or more storage devices.