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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2014
Netapp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Neelesh M. Thakur, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kumar Parthasarathi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Vani Bappanadu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Santosh C. Lolayekar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Balamurali Palaiah, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Boris Teterin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
NETAPP, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Described herein are systems and methods for providing data policy management over application objects in a storage system environment. An application object may comprise non-virtual or virtual objects (e.g., non-virtual-based applications, virtual-based applications, or virtual storage components). An application object manager may represent application objects by producing mapping graphs and/or application object data that represent application objects in a standardized manner. A mapping graph for an application object may describe a mapping between the application object and its underlying storage objects on a storage system. Application object data may describe a mapping graph in a standardized format. Application object data representing application objects may be received by an application policy manager that manages data policies on the application objects (including virtual applications and virtual storage components) based on the received application object data. Data policies may include policies for backup, service level objectives, recovery, monitoring and/or reporting.