Systems and methods for establishing a cloud bridge between virtual storage resources
Methods and systems for establishing a cloud bridge between two virtual storage resources and for transmitting data from one first virtual storage resource to the other virtual storage resource. The system can include a first virtual storage resource or cloud, and a storage delivery management service that executes on a computer and within the first virtual storage resource. The storage delivery management service can receive user credentials of a user that identify a storage adapter. Upon receiving the user credentials, the storage delivery management service can invoke the storage adapter which executes an interface that identifies a second virtual storage resource and includes an interface translation file. The storage delivery management service accesses the second virtual storage resource and establishes a cloud bridge with the second virtual storage resource using information obtained from the second virtual storage resource and information translated by the storage adapter using the interface translation file.
1. A method for establishing a cloud bridge between a first virtual storage resource and a second virtual storage resource for transmitting data from one of either the first virtual storage resource and the second virtual storage resource to the other of the first virtual storage resource and the second virtual storage resource, the method comprising:
receiving, by a storage delivery management service executing on a computer within a first virtual storage resource provisioned on at least one storage system comprising one or more hardware devices, user credentials of a user;
enumerating a list of storage adapters associated with the user responsive to receiving the user credentials;
invoking, by the storage delivery management service responsive to receiving the user credentials, a storage adapter identified in the enumerated list of storage adapters associated with the user;
executing, via an interface for the invoked storage adapter, an instruction to identify a second virtual storage resource provisioned on at least one storage system comprising one or more hardware devices, wherein the interface comprises an interface translation file mapping each of a plurality of proprietary management profile formats to a standardized management profile format;
accessing, by the storage delivery management service via the storage adapter, the second virtual storage resource; and
establishing, by the storage delivery management service, a cloud bridge between the first virtual storage resource and the second virtual storage resource using management profile information stored in a format proprietary to the second virtual storage resource, the information translated by the storage adapter using the interface translation file.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein invoking the storage adapter further comprises:
selecting a storage adapter from the enumerated list of storage adapters; and
invoking the selected storage adapter.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising enumerating a list of virtual storage resources associated with the storage adapter responsive to invoking the storage adapter.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising enumerating a list of access ports in the second virtual storage resource responsive to invoking the storage adapter.
5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
selecting an access port from the list of access ports; and
issuing a connection request to the selected access port, the connection request translated by the storage adapter using the interface translation file.
6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
establishing a connection to the selected access port of the second virtual storage resource; and
accessing data stored in the second virtual storage resource via the access port.
7. A system for establishing a cloud bridge between a first virtual storage resource and a second virtual storage resource for transmitting data from one of either the first virtual storage resource and the second virtual storage resource to the other of the first virtual storage resource and the second virtual storage resource, the system comprising:
a first virtual storage resource provisioned on at least one storage system comprising one or more hardware devices; and
a storage delivery management service executing on a computer within the first virtual storage resource to:
receive user credentials of a user,
enumerate a list of storage adapters associated with the user responsive to receiving the user credentials;
invoke, responsive to receiving the user credentials, a storage adapter identified in the enumerated list of storage adapters associated with the user,
execute, via an interface for the invoked storage adapter, an instruction to identify a second virtual storage resource provisioned on at least one storage system comprising one or more hardware devices, wherein the interface comprises an interface translation file mapping each of a plurality of proprietary management profile formats to a standardized management profile format,
access, via the storage adapter, the second virtual storage resource, and
establish a cloud bridge between the first virtual storage resource and the second virtual storage resource using management profile information stored in a format proprietary to the second virtual storage resource, the information translated by the storage adapter using the interface translation file.
8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the storage delivery management service selects a storage adapter from the enumerated list of storage adapters, and invokes the selected storage adapter.
9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the storage delivery management service enumerates a list of virtual storage resources associated with the storage adapter responsive to invoking the storage adapter.
10. The system of claim 7 , wherein the storage delivery management service enumerates a list of access ports in the second virtual storage resource responsive to invoking the storage adapter.
11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the storage delivery management service selects an access port from the list of access ports, and issues a connection request to the selected access port, the connection request translated by the storage adapter using the interface translation file.
12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the storage delivery management service establishes a connection to the selected access port of the second virtual storage resource, and accesses data stored in the second virtual storage resource via the access port.