CLOUD LAUNCH WIZARD

• US 20200136931A1
• Filed: 10/26/2018
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Emc IP Holding Company LLC (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Emc IP Holding Company LLC (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Brenner, Adam E., Malamut, Mark D.
• Granted Patent: US 10,938,676 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/604 Tools and structures for managing or administering access control systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/62 Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/30 Creation or generation of source code
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5077 Logical partitioning of resources; Management or configuration of virtualized resources specific details on emulation or internal functioning of virtual machines G06F9/455
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0806 for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0873 Checking configuration conflicts between network elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0886 Fully automatic configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0895 Configuration of virtualised networks or elements, e.g. virtualised network function or OpenFlow elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5051 Service on demand, e.g. definition and deployment of services in real time
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5054 Automatic deployment of services triggered by the service manager, e.g. service implementation by automatic configuration of network components
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

One example method includes receiving an input that indicates selection of a cloud storage provider, receiving one or more product selection inputs, each of the product selection inputs indicating selection of a respective data protection product, receiving an input indicating an instance size, assembling the inputs together to define a data protection configuration, and automatically generating a script which, when executed by one or more hardware processors, deploys the data protection configuration in a cloud storage environment of the selected cloud storage provider.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving an input that indicates selection of a cloud storage provider;

receiving one or more product selection inputs, each of the product selection inputs indicating selection of a respective data protection product;

receiving an input indicating an instance size;

assembling the inputs together to define a data protection configuration; and

automatically generating a script which, when executed by one or more hardware processors, deploys the data protection configuration in a cloud storage environment of the selected cloud storage provider.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the cloud storage provider is either a public cloud storage provider, or a private cloud storage provider.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the inputs are received from a client web browser.

4. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the script is executable at the selected cloud storage provider.

5. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising transmitting a link that enables downloading of the script.

6. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising preventing selection of a data protection product that is incompatible with a previously selected data protection product.

7. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein at least part of the method is performed at a service provider site that is separate from a client from which the inputs are received, and is also separate from the cloud storage provider.

8. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the data protection configuration, when deployed in the cloud storage environment of the selected cloud storage provider, is operable to perform any one or more of the following:

data backup;

data deduplication; and

, data restore.

9. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the script, when executed, provides for automatic provisioning of the data protection configuration.

10. The method as recited in claim 9, wherein provisioning comprises automatically associating a disk with the data protection configuration.

11. A non-transitory storage medium having stored therein computer-executable instructions which, when executed by one or more hardware processors, perform the following:

receiving an input that indicates selection of a cloud storage provider;

receiving one or more product selection inputs, each of the product selection inputs indicating selection of a respective data protection product;

receiving an input indicating an instance size;

assembling the inputs together to define a data protection configuration; and

automatically generating a script which, when executed by one or more hardware processors, deploys the data protection configuration in a cloud storage environment of the selected cloud storage provider.

12. The non-transitory storage medium as recited in claim 11, wherein the cloud storage provider is either a public cloud storage provider, or a private cloud storage provider.

13. The non-transitory storage medium as recited in claim 11, wherein the inputs are received from a client web browser.

14. The non-transitory storage medium as recited in claim 11, wherein the script is executable at the selected cloud storage provider.

15. The non-transitory storage medium as recited in claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise transmitting a link that enables downloading of the script.

16. The non-transitory storage medium as recited in claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise preventing selection of a data protection product that is incompatible with a previously selected data protection product.

17. The non-transitory storage medium as recited in claim 11, wherein one or more of the operations are performed at a service provider site that is separate from a client from which the inputs are received, and is also separate from the cloud storage provider.

18. The non-transitory storage medium as recited in claim 11, wherein the data protection configuration, when deployed in the cloud storage environment of the selected cloud storage provider, is operable to perform any one or more of the following:

data backup;

data deduplication; and

, data restore.

19. The non-transitory storage medium as recited in claim 11, wherein the script, when executed, provides for automatic provisioning of the data protection configuration, and provisioning includes associating a disk with the data protection configuration.

20. A physical computing system, comprising:

one or more hardware processors; and

the non-transitory storage medium as recited in claim 11.