Managing Volume Snapshots in the Cloud

    公开(公告)号:US20250004986A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-02

    申请号:US18432243

    申请日:2024-02-05

    Applicant: NetApp, Inc.

    Abstract: Systems, methods, and machine-readable media for creating, deleting, and restoring volume snapshots in a remote data store are disclosed. A storage volume and a storage operating system are implemented in a software container. Through a user interface, a user may create a snapshot of the volume to a cloud storage. A user may also delete individual snapshots from the cloud storage. Further, deletion of a most recent snapshot may occur by awaiting deletion (though marking as deleted to the user) until a next snapshot is received. Snapshots in the cloud storage are manipulatable even after destruction of the source volume (by destruction of the container, for example). A controller outside the container is used by implementing the same API as the controller in the container had. Full restores of snapshots in the cloud are also possible even when the original container and volume have been destroyed.

    BACKUP AND RESTORE OF RESOURCES LOCATED WITHIN A REMOTE OBJECT STORE

    公开(公告)号:US20240320103A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-26

    申请号:US18731624

    申请日:2024-06-03

    Applicant: NetApp, Inc.

    CPC classification number: G06F11/1464 G06F9/547 G06F11/1469 G06F2201/84

    Abstract: Techniques are provided for backing up and restoring a file system or storage virtual machine located within a remote object store. A specification is parsed to identify resources associated with and including a primary resource hosted within a remote object store and to identify REST API endpoints of the resources. GET operations targeting the REST API endpoints of the resources are performed to retrieve the resources and properties of the resources. A link relationship specification is parsed to identify links corresponding to dependencies amongst the resources. A backup of the primary resource is generated to include the resources, the properties of the resources, and dependency information derived from the links. The backup can be used to restore the primary resource to the remote object store in manner that preserves the dependencies amongst the resources.

    Facilitating n-way high availability storage services

    公开(公告)号:US10067841B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-09-04

    申请号:US15495817

    申请日:2017-04-24

    Applicant: NetApp, Inc.

    Abstract: A passive state storage controller monitors a plurality of active state storage controllers to determine when a failure of at least one of the active state storage controllers occurs. Based on a determination of a failure, the passive state storage controller remaps storage devices to the passive state storage controller from the failed storage controller. The passive state storage controller may also remap network interfaces. The passive state storage controller retrieves a transaction log of the failed storage controller from a transaction log database, and replays transactions in the retrieved transaction log. The passive state storage controller switches to operating in an active state.

    BACKUP AND RESTORE OF RESOURCES LOCATED WITHIN A REMOTE OBJECT STORE

    公开(公告)号:US20230115438A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-13

    申请号:US17713040

    申请日:2022-04-04

    Applicant: NetApp Inc.

    Abstract: Techniques are provided for backing up and restoring a file system or storage virtual machine located within a remote object store. A specification is parsed to identify resources associated with and including a primary resource hosted within a remote object store and to identify REST API endpoints of the resources. GET operations targeting the REST API endpoints of the resources are performed to retrieve the resources and properties of the resources. A link relationship specification is parsed to identify links corresponding to dependencies amongst the resources. A backup of the primary resource is generated to include the resources, the properties of the resources, and dependency information derived from the links. The backup can be used to restore the primary resource to the remote object store in manner that preserves the dependencies amongst the resources.

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