AUTOMATED POLICY MANAGEMENT IN A VIRTUAL MACHINE ENVIRONMENT

• US 20130173771A1
• Filed: 12/30/2011
• Published: 07/04/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Veritas Technologies, LLC (Whitehouse Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Symantec Corporation (NortonLifeLock Inc.)
• Inventors: Ditto, Mark Ambrose, Olson, James Robert
• Granted Patent: US 9,703,647 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1438 Restarting or rejuvenating
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1484 involving virtual machines
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/2035 without idle spare hardware
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3442 for planning or managing the needed capacity

Abstract

A method for providing object policy management. The method includes accessing a distributed computer system having a plurality of nodes, and initiating a new object policy object backup protection for a new object. The method further includes processing a list of object attributes available for the new object policy, and processing the list to generate an object management policy. The new object is then processed in accordance with the object management policy.

Claims

1. A method for providing object policy management, comprising:

accessing a distributed computer system having a plurality of nodes;

initiating a new object policy object backup protection for a new object;

processing a list of object attributes available for the new object policy;

processing the list to generate an object management policy; and

processing the new object in accordance with the object management policy.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the new object comprises a virtual machine.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the new object comprises a plurality of virtual machines.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the list of object attributes comprises attributes for a virtual machine.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the object management policy comprises a backup protection policy for the new object.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the list of object attributes functions with logical operators to define a group that will operate with the object management policy.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the list of object attributes enables a selection of objects that belong to a group subject to the object management policy.

8. A computer readable storage medium having stored thereon, computer executable instructions that, if executed by a computer system cause the computer system to perform a method for providing object policy management, comprising:

accessing a distributed computer system having a plurality of nodes;

initiating a new object policy object backup protection for a new object;

processing a list of object attributes available for the new object policy;

processing the list to generate an object management policy; and

processing the new object in accordance with the object management policy.

9. The computer readable storage media of claim 8, wherein the new object comprises a virtual machine.

10. The computer readable storage media of claim 8, wherein the new object comprises a plurality of virtual machines.

11. The computer readable storage media of claim 8, wherein the list of object attributes comprises attributes for a virtual machine.

12. The computer readable storage media of claim 8, wherein the object management policy comprises a backup protection policy for the new object.

13. The computer readable storage media of claim 8, wherein the list of object attributes functions with logical operators to define a group that will operate with the object management policy.

14. The computer readable storage media of claim 8, wherein the list of object attributes enables a selection of objects that belong to a group subject to the object management policy.

15. A server computer system, comprising:

a computer system having a processor coupled to a computer readable storage media and executing computer readable code which causes the computer system to implement a object policy manager that functions by;

accessing a distributed computer system having a plurality of nodes;

initiating a new object policy object backup protection for a new object;

processing a list of object attributes available for the new object policy;

processing the list to generate an object management policy; and

processing the new object in accordance with the object management policy.

16. The server computer system of claim 15, wherein the new object comprises a virtual machine.

17. The server computer system of claim 15, wherein the new object comprises a plurality of virtual machines.

18. The server computer system of claim 15, wherein the list of object attributes comprises attributes for a virtual machine.

19. The server computer system of claim 15, wherein the object management policy comprises a backup protection policy for the new object.

20. The server computer system of claim 15, wherein the list of object attributes enables a selection of objects that belong to a group subject to the object management policy.