Automated policy management in a virtual machine environment
AssigneeSymantec Corporation
InventorsMark Ambrose Ditto, James Robert Olson
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Abstract
A method for providing object policy management. The method includes accessing a distributed computer system having a plurality of nodes, and initiating a new object policy object backup protection for a new object. The method further includes processing a list of object attributes available for the new object policy, and processing the list to generate an object management policy. The new object is then processed in accordance with the object management policy.
Claims20
A method for providing object policy management, comprising:
- accessing a distributed computer system having a plurality of nodes;
- initiating a new object policy object backup protection for a new object;
- processing a list of object attributes available for the new object policy;
- processing the list to generate an object management policy;
- and
- processing the new object in accordance with the object management policy.
A computer readable storage medium having stored thereon, computer executable instructions that, if executed by a computer system cause the computer system to perform a method for providing object policy management, comprising:
- accessing a distributed computer system having a plurality of nodes;
- initiating a new object policy object backup protection for a new object;
- processing a list of object attributes available for the new object policy;
- processing the list to generate an object management policy;
- and
- processing the new object in accordance with the object management policy.
A server computer system, comprising:
- a computer system having a processor coupled to a computer readable storage media and executing computer readable code which causes the computer system to implement a object policy manager that functions by:
- accessing a distributed computer system having a plurality of nodes;
- initiating a new object policy object backup protection for a new object;
- processing a list of object attributes available for the new object policy;
- processing the list to generate an object management policy;
- and
- processing the new object in accordance with the object management policy.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.