US 11,386,121 B2 · Automated cloud provider creation and synchronization in an embedded container architecture

Abstract

A SSMA (Storage System Management Application) automates creation of a cloud provider on a cloud repository. The SSMA instructs a CTS (Cloud Tethering Subsystem) to create the cloud provider, which causes the CTS to establish a secure connection to the cloud repository. The cloud repository creates the cloud provider and returns identifying information. The CTS then tests the connection to verify that the cloud provider is reachable at the cloud repository. The SSMA also instruct a solution enabler to install the cloud provider in the storage system embedded operating system. The SSMA also implements a cloud provider synchronization verification process, which enables the SSMA to determine if there are any differences between lists of cloud providers maintained by the CTS and the embedded operating system. If any differences are detected, the SSMA automates the process of installing the correct set of cloud providers in the storage system embedded operating system.

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Dependent claims

A method of automating creation of a cloud provider on a storage system, comprising:

receiving, by a storage system management application, user input identifying a cloud provider to be created on the storage system;
in response to receiving the user input, and without further input from the user, automatically:
instructing a cloud tethering subsystem, by the storage system management application, to create the cloud provider on a cloud repository, the cloud provider being a specific instance of cloud storage on the cloud repository that is configured to act as an object repository in the cloud repository;
creating, by the cloud tethering subsystem, a secure connection to the cloud repository;
receiving confirmation, by the cloud tethering subsystem, that the cloud repository has created the cloud provider;
and
instructing a solution enabler, by the storage system management application, to install the cloud provider in a storage system embedded operating system.

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A non-transitory tangible computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program for verifying synchronization of cloud provider information between components of a storage system, the computer program including a set of instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method comprising the steps of:

instructing, by a storage system management application, a cloud tethering subsystem to provide a first list of cloud providers maintained by the cloud tethering subsystem;
instructing, by the storage system management application, a solution enabler to provide a second list of cloud providers installed in a storage system embedded operating system;
comparing, by the storage system management application, the cloud providers of the first list with the cloud providers of the second list;
and
determining whether the cloud providers of the first list are the same as the cloud providers of the second list;
and
if the cloud providers of the first list are not the same as the cloud providers of the second list, adjusting the cloud providers installed in the storage system embedded operating system to match the first list of cloud providers from the cloud tethering subsystem.

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A non-transitory tangible computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program for creating and maintaining a set of cloud providers on a storage system, the computer program including a set of instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method comprising the steps of:

creating, by a storage system management application, a set of cloud providers on a cloud tethering subsystem instantiated on the storage system and in an embedded operating system of the storage system;
determining that a cloud provider verification process should be used to compare a first set of cloud providers created on the cloud tethering subsystem with a second set of cloud providers created in the operating system;
instructing, by the storage system management application, the cloud tethering subsystem to provide a first list of cloud providers maintained by the cloud tethering subsystem;
instructing, by the storage system management application, a solution enabler to provide a second list of cloud providers installed in a storage system embedded operating system;
comparing, by the storage system management application, the cloud providers of the first list with the cloud providers of the second list;
and
determining whether the cloud providers of the first list are the same as the cloud providers of the second list;
and
if the cloud providers of the first list are not the same as the cloud providers of the second list, adjusting the cloud providers installed in the storage system embedded operating system to match the first list of cloud providers from the cloud tethering subsystem.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Automated cloud provider creation and synchronization in an embedded container architecture

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Automated cloud provider creation and synchronization in an embedded container architecture

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Abstract

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