Patent ID: 8627001

Claim:
A machine readable storage device embodying a program of machine-readable instructions executable by a digital processing apparatus to create at least one volume in a disk storage system, wherein the instructions are executed to perform operations, the operations comprising: receiving a request to create at least one volume on the disk storage system indicating a volume size and number of the at least one volume to create, wherein volumes represent storage entities; selecting a storage pool object representing one of a plurality of storage pools having available storage space from which to create the requested number of at least one volume, wherein the storage pools have available storage space to assign to create volumes; retrieving a storage configuration service of the disk storage system using an association of a disk storage system object representing the disk storage system and the selected storage pool object; associating the disk storage system object representing the disk storage system with the retrieved storage configuration service; setting a volume size of the at least one volume to create to a calculated size; setting the storage pool as the selected storage pool object; and invoking a method through the retrieved storage configuration service for each volume in the requested number of at least one volume to create.