Patent ID: 7970851
Filing Date: 2011-06-28
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: in a network storage manager, managing a host server which is configured to provide data access services to a set of clients, wherein the network storage manager is operatively coupled to the host server via an interconnect; in the network storage manager, discovering a first virtual storage server (VSS) that is hosted in the host server; in the network storage manager, monitoring the first VSS and a storage object of the first VSS, wherein the storage object is a logical representation of a physical storage device; in the network storage manager, automatically generating configuration parameters for use by the host server to establish a relationship involving the first VSS and a second VSS, wherein the relationship is a mirroring relationship in which the first VSS is a source server or a destination server, or a backup relationship in which the first VSS is a backup server; in the network storage manager, monitoring the relationship between the first VSS and the second VSS; and in the network storage manager, controlling an administrator role's privileges associated with the first VSS hosted in the host server and the second VSS so that the administrator role's privileges associated with the first VSS and the second VSS are limited to resources uniquely assigned to the first VSS and the second VSS.