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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2014
Emc Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Subhasish Chakraborty, Livermore, CA (US);
Richa Saraf, San Jose, CA (US);
Ephraim Dror, Cupertino, CA (US);
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
Exemplary methods include receiving a message from an agent requesting to perform a first set of operations on a first set of storage namespaces mapped to a first set of file system management objects (FSMOs) in the PBBA. The methods include determining whether to allow or deny the first set of operations based on information stored in a plurality of security units, each security unit comprising of an operation set identifier (ID), a set of FSMO IDs, and an agent ID, wherein the agent ID identifies an agent that is allowed to perform a set of operations identified by the operation set ID on a set of FSMOs in the PBBA identified by the set of FSMO IDs, and in response to determining to allow the first set of operations, performing the first set of operations.