Nested tenancy that permits a hierarchy having a plurality of levels

A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium storing program instructions that are capable of being executed by a computer system to perform operations comprising:

• implementing a platform for providing data protection scopes to shared infrastructure services according to a nested tenancy model that permits a hierarchy having a plurality of levels, wherein a given level, of the plurality of levels in the hierarchy, is associated with a level of access to one or more of the shared infrastructure services;
• receiving a first request to provision, for a particular shared infrastructure service, a first data protection scope for a first cloud product having a first set of tenants, wherein a cloud product is software accessible to a set of tenants and operable to perform a set of functions for the set of tenants;
• in response to the first request, provisioning the first data protection scope for the first cloud product at a top-most level of the hierarchy, wherein the top-most level of the hierarchy is associated with a particular level of access to the particular shared infrastructure service;
• receiving a second request to provision, for the particular shared infrastructure service, a second data protection scope for a second cloud product having a second, different set of tenants;
• in response to the second request, provisioning the second data protection scope for the second cloud product at the top-most level of the hierarchy;
• receiving a third request to provision, for the particular shared infrastructure service, a third data protection scope for a service product, wherein the service product is software operable to access data on behalf of the first and second cloud products and/or tenants of the first and second cloud products;
• in response to the third request, provisioning the third data protection scope for the service product at the top-most level of the hierarchy;
• receiving an access request from a remote computer system to access information associated with a particular data protection scope at a particular level of the hierarchy, wherein the access request is received via a URL that indicates the particular data protection scope;
• and
• wherein adding 1) cloud products with different sets of tenants and 2) service products to the top-most level of the hierarchy permits the platform to scale without reconfiguring entities currently managed by the platform.

A computer system, comprising:

• a processor system;
• a memory storing program instructions that are executable by the processor system to perform operations comprising:
• implementing a platform for providing data protection scopes to shared infrastructure services according to a nested tenancy model that permits a hierarchy having a plurality of levels, wherein a given level, of the plurality of levels in the hierarchy, is associated with a level of access to one or more of the shared infrastructure services;
• receiving a first request to provision, for a particular shared infrastructure service, a first data protection scope for a first cloud product having a first set of tenants, wherein a cloud product is software accessible to a set of tenants and operable to perform a set of functions for the set of tenants;
• in response to the first request, provisioning the first data protection scope for the first cloud product at a top-most level of the hierarchy, wherein the top-most level of the hierarchy is associated with a particular level of access to the particular shared infrastructure service;
• receiving a second request to provision, for the particular shared infrastructure service, a second data protection scope for a second cloud product having a second, different set of tenants;
• in response to the second request, provisioning the second data protection scope for the second cloud product at the top-most level of the hierarchy;
• receiving a third request to provision, for the particular shared infrastructure service, a third data protection scope for a service product, wherein the service product is software operable to access data on behalf of the first and second cloud products and/or tenants of the first and second cloud products;
• in response to the third request, provisioning the third data protection scope for the service product at the top-most level of the hierarchy;
• receiving an access request from a remote computer system to access information associated with a particular data protection scope at a particular level of the hierarchy, wherein the access request is received via a URL that indicates the particular data protection scope;
• and
• wherein adding 1) cloud products with different sets of tenants and 2) service products to the top-most level of the hierarchy permits the platform to scale without reconfiguring entities currently managed by the platform.