United States Patent
US Patent 8443142: Method and system for grouping storage system…
US 8443142 · granted 2013-05-14
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for associating a storage system component, e.g. a server, client, machine, sub-client, or other storage system component, with one or more other storage system components into a group. Storage preferences are defined for the group which is automatically associated with each component in the group. The storage preferences define how storage operations are to be performed on the storage system components.
| Patent Number | 8443142 |
|---|---|
| Title | Method and system for grouping storage system components |
| Granted | 2013-05-14 |
| CPC Classification | G06F 12/00 |
| Number of Claims | 45 |
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for associating a storage system component, e.g. a server, client, machine, sub-client, or other storage system component, with one or more other storage system components into a group. Storage preferences are defined for the group which is automatically associated with each component in the group. The storage preferences define how storage operations are to be performed on the storage system components.
Claim 1
A method for grouping networked storage system components, the method comprising: creating a first group of networked storage system components including one or more ofhardware components and software components; associating with one or more computer processors the first group with a first schedule of storage operations which is set in a first storage policy associated with the first group; creating a second group ofnetworked storage system components including one or more of hardware components and software components; associating with one or more computer processors the second group with a second schedule of storage operations which is set in a second storagepolicy associated with the second group; and assigning at least a first storage system component associated with the first group to both the first group and the second group, wherein the first storage system component inherits the second schedule ofstorage operations set in the second storage policy associated with the second group while retaining the first schedule of storage operations set in the first storage policy associated with the first group, and in the event the first schedule of storageoperations set in the first s
Claims
45 totalA method for grouping networked storage system components, the method comprising: creating a first group of networked storage system components including one or more ofhardware components and software components; associating with one or more computer processors the first group with a first schedule of storage operations which is set in a first storage policy associated with the first group; creating a second group ofnetworked storage system components including one or more of hardware components and software components; associating with one or more computer processors the second group with a second schedule of storage operations which is set in a second storagepolicy associated with the second group; and assigning at least a first storage system component associated with the first group to both the first group and the second group, wherein the first storage system component inherits the second schedule ofstorage operations set in the second storage policy associated with the second group while retaining the first schedule of storage operations set in the first storage policy associated with the first group, and in the event the first schedule of storageoperations set in the first s