Patent ID: 9342703
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a processing device executing a first logical volume manager (LVM) of a plurality of LVMs, a request to access a storage location in a logical volume; analyzing, by the processing device, global metadata associated with the storage location, wherein the global metadata pertains to the all LVMs in the plurality of LVMs; identifying, by the processing device, a first set of permissions for the storage location, the first set of permissions comprised in the global metadata; analyzing, by the processing device, local permission data associated with the storage location, wherein the local permission data pertains to the first LVM; identifying, by the processing device, a second set of permissions for the storage location, the second set of permissions comprised in the local permission data, wherein the second set of permissions is created independently from the first set of permissions, wherein the first set of permissions is different from the second set of permissions; and in response to identifying the second set of permissions, granting, by the processing device, access to the storage location by using the second set of permissions in place of the first set of permissions.