Patent ID: 9344401
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for providing translations of data retrieved from a storage system in a cloud computing environment, the method comprising: receiving, by an interface object executing on a first physical computing device, from a second physical computing device, a request for provisioning of a virtual storage resource by a storage system; requesting, by the interface object, from a storage system interface object, provisioning of the virtual storage resource; receiving, by the interface object, from the storage system interface object, a first data item comprising an identification of the provisioned virtual storage resource expressed in a proprietary vendor-specific format; translating, by the interface object, the identification of the provisioned virtual storage resource from the proprietary vendor-specific format implemented by the storage system interface object into a standardized format by: responding, by the interface object, to the request received from the second physical computing device, with the translation of the identification of the provisioned virtual storage resource, the translation expressed in the standardized format.