METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING THIN PROVISIONING VOLUME BY USING FILE STORAGE SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method of operating block-based thin provisioning disk volumes in a system including a first storage system which is connected via a network to a second storage system, the method comprising:
- in response to a volume creation request to create a thin provisioning disk volume in the first storage system, recording in the first storage system attribute information of a block-based thin provisioning disk volume;
specifying a directory path for the block-based thin provisioning disk volume in a file system in the second storage system; and
creating a directory for the block-based thin provisioning disk volume under the specified directory path.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method of operating block-based thin provisioning disk volumes in a system including a first storage system which is connected via a network to a second storage system comprises, in response to a volume creation request to create a thin provisioning disk volume in the first storage system, recording in the first storage system attribute information of the block-based thin provisioning disk volume; specifying a directory path for the block-based thin provisioning disk volume in a file system in the second storage system; and creating a directory for the block-based thin provisioning disk volume under the specified directory path.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of operating block-based thin provisioning disk volumes in a system including a first storage system which is connected via a network to a second storage system, the method comprising:
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in response to a volume creation request to create a thin provisioning disk volume in the first storage system, recording in the first storage system attribute information of a block-based thin provisioning disk volume; specifying a directory path for the block-based thin provisioning disk volume in a file system in the second storage system; and creating a directory for the block-based thin provisioning disk volume under the specified directory path. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system of operating block-based thin provisioning disk volumes, the system comprising:
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a first storage system; a second storage system; and a network connecting the first storage system and the second storage system; wherein, in response to a volume creation request to create a thin provisioning disk volume in the first storage system, the first storage system records attribute information of the block-based thin provisioning disk volume in the first storage system; wherein the first storage system specifies a directory path for the block-based thin provisioning disk volume in a file system in the second storage system; and wherein the first storage system creates a directory for the block-based thin provisioning disk volume under the specified directory path. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer-readable storage medium storing a plurality of instructions for controlling a data processor to operate block-based thin provisioning disk volumes in a system including a first storage system which is connected via a network to a second storage system, the plurality of instructions comprising:
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instructions that cause the data processor, in response to a volume creation request to create a thin provisioning disk volume in the first storage system, to record in the first storage system attribute information of the block-based thin provisioning disk volume; instructions that cause the data processor to specify a directory path for the block-based thin provisioning disk volume in a file system in the second storage system; and instructions that cause the data processor to create a directory for the block-based thin provisioning disk volume under the specified directory path. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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