Cloud based interface for protecting and managing data stored in networked storage systems
Methods and systems for managing storage is provided. One method includes initializing, a storage service user interface (“SSUI”) within a cloud manager user interface (“CMUI”), the SSUI enables a storage service operation selected from a backup operation, a restore operation and a cloning operation associated with a storage object stored at a cloud volume presented by a cloud layer, the CMUI presented by a cloud provider; transmitting, by the SSUI, an authorization token to a Software As a Service (“SaaS”) layer for authenticating deployment of the SSUI; upon validating the authorization token, initializing a SSUI agent to interface with a deployed storage micro-service layer offered by the cloud layer to execute the storage service operation; transmitting, by the SSUI, an application programming interface (API) request for the SSUI agent for executing the storage service operation; and executing, by the deployed storage micro-service layer, the storage service operation.
1 . A method, comprising:
deploying a storage service user interface (“SSUI”), the SSUI being configured to provision storage for an application to store a storage object using a cloud volume presented by a cloud layer;
initiating, by the SSUI, a storage service operation selected from a backup operation, a restore operation and a cloning operation associated with the storage object;
deploying, by the SSUI, a SSUI agent within a connector module in the cloud layer for interfacing with a storage micro-service layer offered by the cloud layer to execute the storage service operation, wherein the connector module stores credentials for authenticating the application to use the storage micro-service layer;
tracking, by the SSUI, a protection status of the storage object for the application; and
generating, by the SSUI, an overview of the application, wherein the overview includes the protection status of the storage object for the application.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the protection status of the storage object includes a status selected from a protected status, an unprotected status and a need attention status.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein deploying the SSUI includes validating, by a Software as a Service (“SaaS”) layer, an authorization message transmitted by the SSUI for deploying the SSUI.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the SSUI is executed within a cloud manager user interface (“CMUI”).
5 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
transmitting, by the SSUI, an application programming interface (API) request for the SSUI agent for the storage service operation; and
receiving, by the SaaS layer, the API request and forwarding the API request to the SSUI agent.
6 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
transmitting, by the SSUI agent, the API request received from the SaaS layer to the storage micro-service layer; and
utilizing, by the storage micro-service layer, a plugin for the application to execute the storage service operation.
7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
generating, by the SSUI, a topology view for the application indicating whether a local backup, a remote backup or both the local backup and the remote backup have been taken for the storage object.
8 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing program instructions, wherein execution of the program instructions by one or more processors of a computer causes the one or more processors to perform steps comprising:
deploying a storage service user interface (“SSUI”), the SSUI being configured to provision storage for an application to store a storage object using a cloud volume presented by a cloud layer;
initiating, by the SSUI, a storage service operation selected from a backup operation, a restore operation and a cloning operation associated with the storage object;
deploying, by the SSUI, an SSUI agent within a connector module in the cloud layer for interfacing with a storage micro-service layer offered by the cloud layer to execute the storage service operation, wherein the connector module stores credentials for authenticating the application to use the storage micro-service layer;
tracking, by the SSUI, a protection status of the storage object for the application; and
generating, by the SSUI, an overview of the application, wherein the overview includes the protection status of the storage object for the application.
9 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the protection status of the storage object includes a status selected from a protected status, an unprotected status and a need attention status.
10 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein deploying the SSUI includes validating, by a Software as a Service (“SaaS”) layer, an authorization message transmitted by the SSUI for deploying the SSUI.
11 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the SSUI is executed within a cloud manager user interface (“CMUI”).
12 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the steps further comprise:
transmitting, by the SSUI, an application programming interface (API) request for the SSUI agent for the storage service operation; and
receiving, by the SaaS layer, the API request and forwarding the API request to the SSUI agent.
13 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein the steps further comprise:
transmitting, by the SSUI agent, the API request received from the SaaS layer to the storage micro-service layer; and
utilizing, by the storage micro-service layer, a plugin for the application to execute the storage service operation.
14 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the steps further comprise:
generating, by the SSUI, a topology view for the application indicating whether a local backup, a remote backup or both the local backup and the remote backup have been taken for the storage object.
15 . A system comprising:
a memory; and
one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to execute machine executable code to;
deploy a storage service user interface (“SSUI”), the SSUI being configured to provision storage for an application to store a storage object using a cloud volume presented by a cloud layer;
initiate, by the SSUI, a storage service operation selected from a backup operation, a restore operation and a cloning operation associated with the storage object;
deploy, by the SSUI, an SSUI agent within a connector module in the cloud layer for interfacing with a storage micro-service layer offered by the cloud layer to execute the storage service operation, wherein the connector module stores credentials for authenticating the application to use the storage micro-service layer;
track, by the SSUI, a protection status of the storage object for the application; and
generate, by the SSUI, an overview of the application, wherein the overview includes the protection status of the storage object for the application.
16 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the protection status of the storage object includes a status selected from a protected status, an unprotected status and a need attention status.
17 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the machine executable code further causes the one or more processors to validate, by a Software as a Service (“SaaS”) layer, an authorization message transmitted by the SSUI for deploying the SSUI.