Policy-based optimization of cloud resources on tiered storage operations

A system for enabling management of cloud resources based on tiered storage data movement, the system comprising:

• one or more computing nodes having a memory and a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium of the one or more computing nodes having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by the processor to cause the system to:
• receive a request from a cloud computing system to provide the cloud computing system a notification of a data movement initiated by a tiered storage system, wherein:
• the data movement comprises moving data associated with the cloud computing system from a first storage tier to a second storage tier,
• the notification comprises an indication of a condition for initiating the data movement, and
• the condition comprises an indication that a utilization of the tiered storage system exceeds a subscribed utilization level;
• determine that a condition for initiating the data movement was satisfied;
• initiate the data movement in response to determining that the condition was satisfied;
• transmit the notification in response to initiating the data movement;
• identify, based on the initiating, a hosted computing environment having a volume associated with the data movement;
• and
• change an allocation of resources to the hosted computing environment such that the utilization does not exceed the subscribed utilization level.

A computer program product for enabling management of cloud resources based on tiered storage data movement, the computer program product including a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, the program instructions executable by a processing circuit to cause the processing circuit to perform a method comprising:

• receiving a request from a cloud computing system to provide the cloud computing system a notification of a data movement initiated by a tiered storage system, wherein:
• the data movement comprises moving data associated with the cloud computing system from a first storage tier to a second storage tier,
• the notification comprises an indication of a condition for initiating the data movement, and
• the condition comprises an indication that a utilization of the tiered storage system exceeds a subscribed utilization level;
• determining that a condition for initiating the data movement was satisfied;
• initiating the data movement in response to determining that the condition was satisfied;
• transmitting the notification in response to initiating the data movement;
• identifying, based on the initiating, a hosted computing environment having a volume associated with the data movement;
• and
• changing an allocation of resources to the hosted computing environment such that the utilization does not exceed the subscribed utilization level.