Patent ID: 9231957
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a storage management computing device, data identifying server storage devices and logical storage entities, wherein the server storage devices and logical storage entities are associated with a storage environment; generating, by the storage management computing device, a storage object model based, at least in part, on the data identifying the server storage devices and the logical storage entities, wherein the storage object model associates server storage devices with logical storage entities; associating, by the storage management computing device, a first user type with the server storage devices and the logical storage entities in the storage object model, wherein the first user type is an administrator-level user type; associating, by the storage management computing device, a second user type with the logical storage entities in the storage object model, wherein the second user type is not an administrator-level user type; receiving, by the storage management computing device, a first request to access data associated with the storage environment, wherein the first request to access data is associated with a first user; determining that the first user is identified as the first user type; in response to determining that the first user is identified as the first user type, allowing the first user to access data associated with the server storage devices and the logical storage entities; receiving, by the storage management computing device, a second request to access data associated with the storage environment, wherein the second request to access data is associated with a second user; determining that the second user is identified as the second user type; and in response to determining that the second user is identified as the second user type,