System and method for administration of virtual servers
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1. A method for administration of a plurality of virtual filers (vfilers) executing on one or more physical storage systems having at least one processor, the method comprising:
- assigning one or more vfilers of the plurality of vfilers to each group of a plurality of groups, wherein a vfiler is a partition of network and storage resources of the one or more physical storage systems allocated to the vfiler;
granting an administrator permissions to a group of the plurality of groups; and
in response to administration requests from the administrator, only displaying attributes associated with the one or more vfilers assigned to the group of the plurality of groups, wherein information associated with the one or more physical storage systems are not displayed.
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Abstract
A system and method administers virtual servers executing on one or more physical storage systems. One or more virtual servers are created and associated with a management group. An administrator is then granted permissions to the group. Upon logging into management software, only information relating to the virtual servers associated with the group are displayed to the administrator, thereby limiting access to information related to other virtual servers and/or physical storage systems.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for administration of a plurality of virtual filers (vfilers) executing on one or more physical storage systems having at least one processor, the method comprising:
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assigning one or more vfilers of the plurality of vfilers to each group of a plurality of groups, wherein a vfiler is a partition of network and storage resources of the one or more physical storage systems allocated to the vfiler; granting an administrator permissions to a group of the plurality of groups; and in response to administration requests from the administrator, only displaying attributes associated with the one or more vfilers assigned to the group of the plurality of groups, wherein information associated with the one or more physical storage systems are not displayed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system configured for administration of a plurality of virtual filers (vfilers) executing on one or more physical storage systems having at least one processor, the system comprising:
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a management server operatively interconnected with the one or more physical storage systems; and management software executing on the management server, the management software configured to; enable an association of one or more vfilers of the plurality of vfilers to each group of a plurality of groups wherein a vfiler is a partition of network and storage resources of the one or more physical storage systems allocated to the plurality of vfilers, and associate an administrator with each group and limit displays to only first information relating to the one or more vfilers associated with a group of the plurality of groups, without display of second information associated with the one or more physical storage systems. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system configured for administration of a plurality of virtual filers (vfilers) executing on one or more physical computers having at least one processor, the system comprising:
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a management server operatively interconnected with the one or more physical computers; and management software executing on the management server, the management software configured to; enable an association of one or more vfilers of the plurality of vfilers to each group of a plurality of groups wherein a vfiler is a partition of network and storage resources of the one or more physical storage systems allocated to the vfiler, associate an administrator with each group and display first information relating to the one or more vfilers associated with a group of the plurality of groups, whereby the management software does not provide the ability to display second information associated with the one or more physical computers executing the plurality of vfilers.
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18. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing executable program instructions executed by a processor, comprising:
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program instructions that assign one or more virtual filers (vfilers) of a plurality of vfilers to each group of a plurality of groups, wherein a vfiler is a partition of network and storage resources of one or more physical storage systems allocated to the vfiler; program instructions that grant an administrator permissions to a group of the plurality of groups; and program instructions that only display attributes associated with the one or more vfilers assigned to the group, wherein information associated with the one or more physical storage systems, executing the plurality of vfilers, are not displayed, in response to administration requests from the administrator.
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