CLUSTER CONFIGURATION BACKUP AND RECOVERY

• US 20130238554A1
• Filed: 04/26/2013
• Published: 09/12/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NetApp, Inc.
• Original Assignee: NetApp, Inc.
• Inventors: Yucel, Sakir, Kownacki, Ronald William, Vijayarangan, Srinivasan
• Granted Patent: US 8,886,607 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/610
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1415 at system level
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1438 Restarting or rejuvenating
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/21 Design, administration or maintenance of databases

Abstract

A cluster network environment may comprise a plurality of nodes configured to perform various tasks, such as data I/O, storage, backup, etc. It may be advantageous to improve disaster recovery and reliability by creating backups that may be used to restore the cluster network environment and/or nodes therein. Accordingly, one or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for restoring a cluster network environment and/or nodes therein. In particular, cluster configuration data, which may be stored in a healthy node or at a remote source, may be used to restore a node affected by an integrity loss. If the integrity loss affects the cluster network environment (e.g., a majority of healthy nodes are lost), then a new cluster network environment may be created from a healthy node or a restored healthy node. The creation of the new cluster network environment may be based at least in part on cluster configuration data.

Claims

1. A method for restoring a node of a cluster network environment, comprising:

identifying an integrity loss associated with a node within a cluster network environment; and

reviving the node as a restored node, the reviving comprising;

restoring a local configuration to the node;

restoring a cluster configuration to the node, the cluster configuration corresponding to cluster-aware information; and

introducing the restored node, corresponding to the node having the restored local configuration and the restored cluster configuration, to the cluster network environment based upon the cluster configuration of the restored node.

2. The method of claim 1, the restoring a local configuration comprising:

specifying a value for an environmental variable on the node, the environmental variable comprising at least one of a device name, an IP address, an operating system parameter, local data, state information, or a local identity for the node.

3. The method of claim 1, the restoring a local configuration comprising:

restoring the local configuration using node backup data associated with the node.

4. The method of claim 1, the restoring a cluster configuration comprising:

restoring the cluster configuration using cluster backup data from a healthy node within the cluster network environment.

5. The method of claim 1, the restoring a cluster configuration comprising:

restoring the cluster configuration using cluster backup data from a remote source using a URL, the cluster network environment not comprising the remote source.

6. The method of claim 1, the restoring a cluster configuration comprising:

synchronizing the node with cluster operating data of the cluster network environment to restore the cluster configuration to the node.

7. The method of claim 1, the restoring a cluster configuration comprising:

specifying a value for a cluster environment variable on the node, the cluster environment variable consumed by a cluster application for operation within the cluster network environment.

8. The method of claim 1, the cluster configuration comprising at least one of cluster-aware information associated with a second node within the cluster network environment, a cluster service, a data volume location, a data block location, a user ID, a file access configuration, virtual server information, a database configuration, a cluster rule, or cluster management data.

9. A method for restoring a cluster network environment, comprising:

identifying an integrity loss of a cluster network environment;

creating a new cluster network environment based upon a healthy node within the cluster network environment; and

for respective nodes affected by the integrity loss;

reviving an affected node as a restored node, the reviving comprising;

restoring a local configuration to the affected node;

restoring a cluster configuration to the affected node using cluster backup data from the healthy node; and

introducing the restored node, corresponding to the affected node having the restored local configuration and the restored cluster configuration, to the new cluster network environment.

10. The method of claim 9, the cluster configuration corresponding to at least one of:

cluster-aware information associated with a second node within the cluster network environment;

a cluster service;

a cluster rule;

or

cluster management data.

11. The method of claim 9, the identifying an integrity loss comprising:

determining a quorum of healthy nodes does not exist within the cluster network environment.

12. A system for restoring one or more nodes of a cluster network environment, comprising:

an assessment component configured to;

determine whether an integrity loss affected a node within a cluster network environment; and

a recovery component configured to;

revive the node as a restored node, comprising;

restoring a local configuration to the node;

restoring a cluster configuration to the node; and

introducing the restored node, corresponding to the node having the restored local configuration and the restored cluster configuration, to the cluster network environment based upon the cluster configuration of the restored node.

13. The system of claim 12, comprising:

a backup component configured to;

generate node backup data of the node before the integrity loss; and

generate cluster backup data of the cluster network environment.

14. The system of claim 13, the backup component configured to:

store at least one of the node backup data or the cluster backup data at a remote source not comprised within the cluster network environment.

15. The system of claim 13, the backup component configured to:

store at least one of the node backup data or the cluster backup data at one or more additional nodes within the cluster network environment.

16. The system of claim 13, the backup component configured to:

aggregate a plurality of node backup data into a tarball file using a file replication service.

17. The system of claim 16, the backup component configured to:

aggregate the cluster backup data into the tarball file to generate a mega tarball file.

18. The system of claim 12, the assessment component configured to:

determine whether the integrity loss affected the cluster network environment.

19. The system of claim 18, the recovery component configured to:

responsive to the integrity loss affecting the cluster network environment;

create a new cluster network environment based upon a healthy node within the cluster network environment; and

revive one or more affected nodes for introduction into the new cluster network environment.

20. The system of claim 18, the recovery component configured to:

responsive to the integrity loss affecting the cluster network environment;

revive the node as a healthy node;

create a new cluster network environment based upon the healthy node; and

revive one or more affected nodes for introduction into the new cluster network environment.