Structure of policy information for storage, network and data management applications

A method of automating and performing one or more actions on at least one resource in a computer network environment, the method comprising:

• receiving a signal indicating occurrence of a monitored event;
• identifying rules having first conditions that are based upon the monitored event;
• identifying one or more rules from the rules having the first conditions for which the first conditions are satisfied, the one or more rules defining one or more actions to be performed upon satisfying one or more second conditions based upon one or more non-monitored attributes of at least one resource;
• identifying at least one rule from the one or more rules for which the one or more second conditions of the at least one rule are also satisfied;
• determining the one or more actions to be performed for the at least one rule;
• and
• performing the one or more actions on the at least one resource.

A management system of managing and automating operations to be performed in a computer network environment, the management system comprising:

• a plurality of resources;
• and
• a system configured to:
• receive a signal indicating occurrence of a monitored event;
• identify rules having first conditions that are based upon the monitored event;
• identify one or more rules from the rules having the first conditions for which the first conditions are satisfied, the one or more rules defining one or more actions to be performed upon satisfying one or more second conditions based upon one or more non-monitored attributes of at least one resource of the plurality of resources;
• identify at least one rule from the one or more rules for which the one or more second conditions of the at least one rule are also satisfied;
• determine the one or more actions to be performed for the at least one rule;
• and
• perform the one or more actions on the at least one resource.

A computer program product stored on a computer readable medium for automating and performing one or more actions on at least one resource in a computer network environment, the computer program product comprising:

• code for receiving a signal indicating occurrence of a monitored event;
• code for identifying rules having first conditions that are based upon the monitored event;
• code for identifying one or more rules from the rules having the first conditions for which the first conditions are satisfied, the one or more rules defining one or more actions to be performed upon satisfying one or more second conditions based upon one or more non-monitored attributes of at least one resource;
• code for identifying at least one rule from the one or more rules for which the one or more second conditions of the at least one rule are also satisfied;
• code for determining the one or more actions to be performed for the at least one rule;
• and
• code for performing the one or more actions on the at least one resource.