Open-ended policies for virtual computing instance provisioning

A system for open-ended policy-based management, said system comprising:

• at least one memory associated with at least one server, the at least one memory storing a policy-based management engine;
• a set of data stores;
• and
• at least one physical processor programmed to execute the policy-based management engine to:
• receive a selection of an open-ended virtual computing instance (VCI) policy, wherein the open-ended VCI policy is an open-ended storage policy, and wherein the set of data stores includes a set of data stores compatible with the selected open-ended VCI policy, and wherein a user interface (UI) outputs the compatible set of data stores for selection of a given data store from the set of data stores via the UI, the open-ended VCI policy further comprising a set of open-ended rules, each open-ended rule in the set of open-ended rules having an undefined value;
• output a set of valid values for each open-ended rule in the set of open-ended rules to a user, the set of valid values corresponding to a selected resource, a selected VCI, or both;
• and
• receive a set of user selected values from the user, the set of user selected values comprising a value selected by the user from the set of valid values for each open-ended rule in the set of open-ended rules;
• and
• apply the received set of user selected values to the selected open-ended VCI policy for use by the selected VCI with the selected resource.

One or more non-transitory computer storage media embodying computer-executable components, said components comprising a policy-based management engine executed to cause at least one physical processor to:

• receive a selection of an open-ended virtual computing instance (VCI) policy comprising a set of open-ended rules, each open-ended rule in the set of open-ended rules having an undefined value;
• provide a user interface (UI), wherein the UI outputs a set of data stores compatible with the selected open-ended VCI policy and receives a selection of a data store from the set of data stores via the UI;
• output a set of valid values for each open-ended rule in the set of open-ended rules to a user, the set of valid values corresponding to a selected resource, a selected VCI, or both;
• and
• receive a set of user selected values from the user, the set of user selected values comprising a value selected by the user from the set of valid values for each open-ended rule in the set of open-ended rules;
• and
• apply the received set of user selected values to the selected open-ended VCI policy for use by the selected VCI with the selected resource.