Method and system for grouping storage system components
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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 of hardware 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 of networked 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 storage policy 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 of storage 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 storage operations set in the first storage policy associated with the first group conflicts with the second schedule of storage operations set in the second storage policy associated the second group, the schedule of storage operations associated with a higher priority controls.
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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.
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1. A method for grouping networked storage system components, the method comprising:
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creating a first group of networked storage system components including one or more of hardware 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 of networked 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 storage policy 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 of storage 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 storage operations set in the first storage policy associated with the first group conflicts with the second schedule of storage operations set in the second storage policy associated the second group, the schedule of storage operations associated with a higher priority controls. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer system for grouping networked storage system components, the system comprising:
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a first group of networked storage system components including one or more of hardware components and software components, wherein the hardware components comprise one or more computer processors; a second group of networked storage system components including one or more of hardware components and software components, wherein the hardware components comprise one or more computer processors; at least a first schedule of storage operations which is set in a first storage policy associated with the first group; at least a second schedule of storage operations which is set in a second storage policy associated with the second group; and wherein in the event at least a first storage system component associated with the first group is assigned to both the first group and the second group, the first storage system component inherits the second schedule of storage 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 storage operations set in the first storage policy conflicts with the second schedule of storage operations set in the second storage policy, the schedule of storage operations associated with a higher priority controls. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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