Adding or Removing a Storage Provider in a Unified Storage Manager

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored therein that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to:

• add, by the processing device executing a unified storage manager (USM), a configuration file to a set of configuration files maintained by the USM, the configuration file received as part of an update package for the USM;
• detect, by the processing device, a change to the set of configuration files responsive to adding the configuration file;
• re-loading, by the processing device, the set of configuration files at the USM without a shutdown and re-start of the USM, the re-loading comprising loading the configuration file in the USM;
• and
• responsive to loading the configuration file, initialize, by the processing device, an adaptor component for the storage service at the USM, the adaptor component comprising a set of application programming interface (API) methods for the USM to communicate with the storage service.

A system comprising:

• a memory to store a rule set for a storage service managed by a unified storage managed (USM);
• and
• a processing device communicably coupled to the memory, the processing device to:
• receive an update package comprising a configuration file for a storage service to add to the USM;
• add the configuration file to a set of configuration files maintained by the USM;
• detecting the addition of the configuration file;
• causing, in response to the detecting, a re-load of the set of configuration files at the USM without a shutdown and re-start of the USM;
• installing binaries corresponding to the configuration file in the USM;
• and
• response to installation of the binaries, initializing a plugin component for the storage service at the USM, the plugin component comprising a set of application programming interface (API) methods for the USM to communicate with the storage service.