Policy based storage in a heterogeneous storage environment
US10019163B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 28, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jul 10, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 3, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2009/45579
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus in a virtualization system may include using a storage policy that defines a storage characteristic to specify a datastore. The storage policy may be used to identify candidate datastores. A datastore may be selected from the candidates. The datastore can therefore be identified without the user having to identify the datastore directly, but rather indirectly by way of a storage characteristic defined by a storage policy.
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