1. A method in a computing system for performing an action in a hierarchical data storage system, the method comprising: creating a report, the report containing information related to a number of running storage operations and a number of idle storage operations of the data storage system; retrieving information about a state of the hierarchical data storage system; identifying one or more actions to be performed, wherein the actions to be performed are based on information in the created report; and selecting one or more of the identified actions based on the retrieved information about the state of the hierarchical data storage system.