Techniques for abstract profile definition to support information hiding

摘要

A method performed by a storage management computer includes (a) receiving a set of storage profile definitions (SPDs) from an administrator of a data storage system over a user interface, each SPD of the set of SPDs including (1) a storage profile name and (2) a set of storage policies assigned to that SPD, (b) providing the storage profile names from the set of SPDs to an environment management application, the environment management application being configured to manage environments that use storage from the data storage system, (c) in response to providing, receiving a selection of a particular SPD from the environment management application to be used in connection with a particular environment, and (d) provisioning a unit of storage from the data storage system to the particular environment in accordance with the set of storage policies assigned to the particular SPD.

主权项

1. A method performed by a storage management computer, the method comprising:
receiving a set of storage profile definitions from an administrator of a data storage system over a user interface, each storage profile definition of the set of storage profile definitions including:
a storage profile name; anda set of storage policies assigned to that storage profile definition; providing the storage profile names from the set of storage profile definitions to an environment management application, the environment management application being configured to manage environments that use storage from the data storage system; in response to providing, receiving a selection of a particular storage profile definition from the environment management application to be used in connection with a particular environment; and provisioning a unit of storage from the data storage system to the particular environment in accordance with the set of storage policies assigned to the particular storage profile definition;wherein:
receiving the set of storage profile definitions includes receiving a storage policy definition for each storage policy of the set of storage policies, each storage policy definition including:
a storage policy name; anda set of storage properties assigned to that storage policy definition, wherein the set of storage properties assigned to that storage policy definition remains hidden from the environment management application; each storage policy of the set of storage policies assigned to each storage profile definition belongs to a respective storage property type, each storage property type being associated with particular storage-related features of the data storage system; two storage policies of the set of storage policies included within a storage profile definition of the set of storage profile definitions belong to the same storage property type; and providing the storage profile names to the environment management application includes providing an indication to the environment management application that selection of the storage profile of the set of storage profiles requires an additional selection of one of the two storage polices belonging to the same storage property type included within the storage profile definition.