Mutually exclusive resource assignment techniques for multi-tenant data management

An apparatus for data management, comprising:

• a processor;
• memory coupled with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
• receive, at a data management system (DMS), a request to assign a first computing object of the DMS to a first tenant of the DMS, wherein the DMS is operable to provide protection for data sources associated with a plurality of tenants of the DMS, and wherein the first computing object is within a first object hierarchy of a plurality of object hierarchies associated with the DMS;
• identify, by the DMS, from among the plurality of object hierarchies, the first object hierarchy that comprises the first computing object:
• check, by the DMS, the first object hierarchy to identify one or more other computing objects having a hierarchical relationship with the first computing object, wherein the hierarchical relationship comprises the one or more other computing objects being above or below the first computing object within the first object hierarchy;
• determine, by the DMS, that at least one other computing object from among the one or more other computing objects within the first object hierarchy is assigned to a second tenant of the DMS;
• and
• output, by the DMS and in response to the request, an indication that the first computing object is unavailable for assignment to the first tenant based at least in part on the at least one other computing object within the first object hierarchy being assigned to the second tenant.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for data management, the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to:

• receive, at a data management system (DMS), a request to assign a first computing object of the DMS to a first tenant of the DMS, wherein the DMS is operable to provide protection for data sources associated with a plurality of tenants of the DMS, and wherein the first computing object is within a first object hierarchy of a plurality of object hierarchies associated with the DMS;
• identify, by the DMS, from among the plurality of object hierarchies, the first object hierarchy that comprises the first computing object;
• check, by the DMS, the first object hierarchy to identify one or more other computing objects having a hierarchical relationship with the first computing object, wherein the hierarchical relationship comprises the one or more other computing objects being above or below the first computing object within the first object hierarchy;
• determine, by the DMS, that at least one other computing object from among the one or more other computing objects within the first object hierarchy is assigned to a second tenant of the DMS;
• and
• output, by the DMS and in response to the request, an indication that the first computing object is unavailable for assignment to the first tenant based at least in part on the at least one other computing object within the first object hierarchy being assigned to the second tenant.