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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2013
Netapp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Nilesh P. Maheshwari, Mountain View, CA (US);
Robert M. Armitano, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Sreenivasa Potakamuri, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Yinzen Hwang, Fremont, CA (US);
NETAPP, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for managing storage shares in a virtual environment having a plurality of virtual machines are provided. The system includes a storage system for managing storage space for the storage shares and generating a quota report. The quota report shows an assigned quota for each storage share and actual storage used by each storage share. The assigned quota indicates an amount of designated storage space for each storage share. The system also includes a storage provider for obtaining the quota report from the storage system and filtering the quota report based on storage shares that are managed by the storage provider. The storage provider modifies a quota for a storage share based on a client request and notifies the storage system of the modification.