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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2001
Clark E. Lubbers, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Keith D. Woestehoff, Monument, CO (US);
Masami Y. Hua, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Richard P. Helliwell, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Randy L. Roberson, New Port Richey, FL (US);
Robert G. Bean, Monument, CO (US);
Clark E. Lubbers, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Keith D. Woestehoff, Monument, CO (US);
Masami Y. Hua, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Richard P. Helliwell, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Randy L. Roberson, New Port Richey, FL (US);
Robert G. Bean, Monument, CO (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A management interface for a virtualized storage system including a virtualized logical disk object representing a virtual storage container, wherein the logical disk is an abstract representation of physical storage capacity provided by plurality of physical stores. A virtual disk object represents a virtual storage container. The virtual disk object is an abstract representation of one or more logical disk objects, the virtual disk object including an exposed management interface. Wherein the virtual disk object is managed through the management interface to select the one or more logical disk objects represented by the virtual disk object.