METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM OF STORAGE MANAGEMENT

• US 20200133657A1
• Filed: 10/09/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Emc IP Holding Company LLC (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Emc IP Holding Company LLC (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Yan, Biao, Yan, Haina, Li, Wenjing
• Granted Patent: US 11,194,569 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0604 Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. storage management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0632 by initialisation or re-initialisation of storage systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/064 Management of blocks
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/067 Distributed or networked storage systems, e.g. storage area networks [SAN], network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/63 Image based installation; Cloning; Build to order
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/658 Incremental updates; Differential updates
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

Storage management techniques involve: generating, based on a first file created at a first time, a first package including first file information, information regarding a physical location of the first file and a first block associated with the first file; generating an upgrade package from a second package based on the first package, the second package based on a second file created at a second time prior to the first time, the second package including second file information, information regarding a physical location of the second file and a second block associated with the second file; and transmitting the upgrade package to an HCI system node for upgrade. The techniques may also include upgrading the node based on the upgrade package and the second block. Accordingly, installation time is saved, the normal operation of the node is ensured and the influence over other nodes is reduced.

Claims

1. A method of storage management, comprising:

generating, based on a first installation file created at a first point of time, a first installation file package comprising at least information describing the first installation file, information regarding a physical storage location of the first installation file, and a first data block associated with the first installation file;

generating an upgrade installation package from a second installation file package based on the first installation file package, the second installation file package being generated based on a second installation file created at a second point of time prior to the first point of time, and the second installation file package comprising at least information describing the second installation file, information regarding a physical storage location of the second installation file, and a second data block associated with the second installation file; and

transmitting the upgrade installation package to a node of a hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) system for upgrade.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the upgrade installation package comprises:

determining an incremental data block of the first data block relative to the second data block; and

determining the upgrade installation package based on the incremental data block, the information describing the first installation file, and the information regarding the physical storage location of the first installation file.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the information describing the first installation file at least comprises a logical storage location of the first installation file, a size of the first installation file, a creation time of the first installation file, and version information of the first installation file; and

the information describing the second installation file at least comprises a logical storage location of the second installation file, a size of the second installation file, a creation time of the second installation file, and version information of the second installation file.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the incremental data block comprises:

comparing the first data block with the second data block; and

determining a portion of the first data block that is different from the second data block as the incremental data block.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

for a portion of the first data block that is identical to the second data block,

replacing corresponding information in the information regarding the physical storage location of the first installation file with corresponding information in the information regarding the physical storage location of the second installation file.

6. A method of storage management, comprising:

receiving, at a node of a hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) system, an upgrade installation package generated from a second installation file package based on a first installation file package, the first installation file package being generated based on a first installation file created at a first point of time and comprising at least information describing the first installation file, information regarding a physical storage location of the first installation file, and a first data block associated with the first installation file, and the second installation file package being generated based on a second installation file created at a second point of time prior to the first point of time and comprising at least information describing the second installation file, information regarding a physical storage location of the second installation file, and a second data block associated with the second installation file;

acquiring the second data block previously stored on the node; and

upgrading the node based on the received upgrade installation package and the acquired second data block.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the upgrade installation package at least comprises an incremental data block of the first data block relative to the second data block, the information describing the first installation file, and the information regarding the physical storage location of the first installation file.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein receiving the upgrade installation package comprises:

storing the incremental data block; and

updating corresponding information in the information regarding the physical storage location of the first installation file with a physical storage location of the incremental data block.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein receiving the upgrade installation package further comprises:

storing the information describing the first installation file; and

storing the updated information regarding the physical storage location of the first installation file.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein:

the information describing the first installation file at least comprises a logical storage location of the first installation file, a size of the first installation file, a creation time of the first installation file, and version information of the first installation file; and

the information describing the second installation file at least comprises;

a logical storage location of the second installation file, a size of the second installation file, a creation time of the second installation file, and version information of the second installation file.

11. The method of claim 6, wherein upgrading the node comprises:

acquiring the information describing the first installation file; and

performing an upgrade based on the information describing the first installation file.

12. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

in response to an instruction of changing an installed version, determining version information of an installation file;

acquiring information describing the installation file based on the version information; and

performing the change based on the acquired information.

13. An electronic device, comprising:

at least one processor;

a memory coupled to the at least one processor and having instructions stored thereon, the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, causing the device to perform acts comprising;

generating, based on a first installation file created at a first point of time, a first installation file package comprising at least information describing the first installation file, information regarding a physical storage location of the first installation file, and a first data block associated with the first installation file;

generating an upgrade installation package from a second installation file package based on the first installation file package, the second installation file package being generated based on a second installation file created at a second point of time prior to the first point of time, and the second installation file package comprising at least information describing the second installation file, information regarding a physical storage location of the second installation file, and a second data block associated with the second installation file; and

transmitting the upgrade installation package to a node of a hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) system for upgrade.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein the memory further stores instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to:

determine an incremental data block of the first data block relative to the second data block; and

determine the upgrade installation package based on the incremental data block, the information describing the first installation file and the information regarding the physical storage location of the first installation file.

15. The device of claim 13, wherein:

the information describing the first installation file at least comprises a logical storage location of the first installation file, a size of the first installation file, a creation time of the first installation file, and version information of the first installation file; and

the information describing the second installation file at least comprises a logical storage location of the second installation file, a size of the second installation file, a creation time of the second installation file, and version information of the second installation file.

16. The device of claim 13, wherein the memory further stores instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to:

compare the first data block with the second data block; and

determine a portion of the first data block that is different from the second data block as the incremental data block.

17. The device of claim 16, wherein the memory further stores instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to:

for a portion of the first data block that is identical to the second data block,

replace corresponding information in the information regarding the physical storage location of the first installation file with corresponding information in the information regarding the physical storage location of the second installation file.

18. An electronic device, comprising:

at least one processor;

a memory coupled to the at least one processor and having instructions stored thereon, the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, causing the device to perform acts comprising;

receiving, at a node of a hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) system, an upgrade installation package generated from a second installation file package based on a first installation file package, the first installation file package being generated based on a first installation file created at a first point of time and comprising at least information describing the first installation file, information regarding a physical storage location of the first installation file, and a first data block associated with the first installation file, and the second installation file package being generated based on a second installation file created at a second point of time prior to the first point of time and comprising at least information describing the second installation file, information regarding a physical storage location of the second installation file, and a second data block associated with the second installation file;

acquiring the second data block previously stored on the node; and

upgrading the node based on the received upgrade installation package and the acquired second data block.

19. The device of claim 18, wherein the upgrade installation package at least comprises an incremental data block of the first data block relative to the second data block, the information describing the first installation file and the information regarding the physical storage location of the first installation file.

20. The device of claim 19, wherein the memory further stores instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to:

store the incremental data block; and

update corresponding information in the information regarding the physical storage location of the first installation file with a physical storage location of the incremental data block.

21. The device of claim 20, wherein the memory further stores instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to:

store the information describing the first installation file; and

store the updated information regarding the physical storage location of the first installation file.

22. The device of claim 18, wherein:

the information describing the first installation file at least comprises;

a logical storage location of the first installation file, a size of the first installation file, a creation time of the first installation file, and version information of the first installation file; and

the information describing the second installation file at least comprises;

a logical storage location of the second installation file, a size of the second installation file, a creation time of the second installation file, and version information of the second installation file.

23. The device of claim 18, wherein the memory further stores instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to:

acquire the information describing the first installation file; and

perform an upgrade based on the information describing the first installation file.

24. The device of claim 18, wherein the memory further stores instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to:

in response to an instruction of changing an installed version, determine version information of an installation file;

acquire information describing the installation file based on the version information; and

perform the change based on the acquired information.

25. A computer program product having a non-transitory computer readable medium which stores a set of instructions to perform storage management;

the set of instructions, when carried out by computerized circuitry, causing the computerized circuitry to perform a method of;

generating, based on a first installation file created at a first point of time, a first installation file package comprising at least information describing the first installation file, information regarding a physical storage location of the first installation file, and a first data block associated with the first installation file;

generating an upgrade installation package from a second installation file package based on the first installation file package, the second installation file package being generated based on a second installation file created at a second point of time prior to the first point of time, and the second installation file package comprising at least information describing the second installation file, information regarding a physical storage location of the second installation file, and a second data block associated with the second installation file; and

transmitting the upgrade installation package to a node of a hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) system for upgrade.

26. A computer program product having a non-transitory computer readable medium which stores a set of instructions to perform storage management;

the set of instructions, when carried out by computerized circuitry, causing the computerized circuitry to perform a method of;

receiving, at a node of a hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) system, an upgrade installation package generated from a second installation file package based on a first installation file package, the first installation file package being generated based on a first installation file created at a first point of time and comprising at least information describing the first installation file, information regarding a physical storage location of the first installation file, and a first data block associated with the first installation file, and the second installation file package being generated based on a second installation file created at a second point of time prior to the first point of time and comprising at least information describing the second installation file, information regarding a physical storage location of the second installation file, and a second data block associated with the second installation file;

acquiring the second data block previously stored on the node; and

upgrading the node based on the received upgrade installation package and the acquired second data block.