9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the search criteria refer to data objects of a Common Information Model (CIM) of the data storage system, and wherein the method further comprises: accessing the persistence query; displaying the search criteria stored in the persistence query; accepting changes to some but not all of the displayed search criteria; storing the search criteria including the changes as a second persistence query; creating a second protocol query from the second persistence query; and transmitting the second protocol query to the data storage system to request information about at least one data object of the CIM.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the search criteria refer to data objects of a Common Information Model (CIM) of the data storage system, and wherein the method further comprises: accessing the persistence query; displaying the search criteria stored in the persistence query; accepting changes to some but not all of the displayed search criteria; storing the search criteria including the changes as a second persistence query; creating a second protocol query from the second persistence query; and transmitting the second protocol query to the data storage system to request information about at least one data object of the CIM. 10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of parameters stored in the first persistence query includes at least one of a RAIDType parameter to identify a RAID type, a NumberOfLUNs parameter to identify a number of logical unit numbers, a DiskState parameter to specify a state of a disk, and a NumberOfDisks parameter to specify a number of disks.