Minimizing configuration changes in a fabric-based data protection solution
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- configuring a switch such that a write request to a primary storage device is transferred through a virtual initiator in the switch to the primary storage device and to a secondary storage device;
configuring the switch such that a read request from a secondary initiator of data in the primary storage device appears as though the read request is coming from a physical initiator rather than the secondary initiator, such that at least one system protocol is bypassed because the switch intercepts a response having the data from the primary storage device through a virtual target which uses the virtual initiator of the switch to communicate the data to the secondary initiator rather than the physical initiator;
minimizing configuration of nodes of a continuous-backup system through the configuration of the switch and the interception of the response in the switch; and
wherein a binding between the primary storage device, the secondary storage device, the physical initiator, and the secondary initiator is created through a frame redirect zone in a switch fabric and through an application of a twenty-four bit Fiber Channel address of the physical initiator to the virtual initiator in the switch such that the virtual initiator appears to the primary storage devices as the physical initiator.
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Abstract
A method, system, and apparatus of minimizing configuration of changes in a fabric-based data protection solution. In one embodiment, a method includes configuring a switch such that a write request to a primary storage device is transferred through a virtual initiator in the switch to the primary storage device and to a secondary storage device, and configuring the switch such that a read request from the secondary initiator of a data in the primary storage device appears as though the read request is coming from a physical initiator rather than the secondary initiator (e.g., such that system protocol may be bypassed because the switch intercepts a response having the data from the primary storage device through a virtual target which uses the virtual initiator of the switch to communicate the data to the secondary initiator rather than the physical initiator).
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15 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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configuring a switch such that a write request to a primary storage device is transferred through a virtual initiator in the switch to the primary storage device and to a secondary storage device; configuring the switch such that a read request from a secondary initiator of data in the primary storage device appears as though the read request is coming from a physical initiator rather than the secondary initiator, such that at least one system protocol is bypassed because the switch intercepts a response having the data from the primary storage device through a virtual target which uses the virtual initiator of the switch to communicate the data to the secondary initiator rather than the physical initiator; minimizing configuration of nodes of a continuous-backup system through the configuration of the switch and the interception of the response in the switch; and wherein a binding between the primary storage device, the secondary storage device, the physical initiator, and the secondary initiator is created through a frame redirect zone in a switch fabric and through an application of a twenty-four bit Fiber Channel address of the physical initiator to the virtual initiator in the switch such that the virtual initiator appears to the primary storage devices as the physical initiator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system of a switch, comprising:
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a transfer module to communicate a write request to a primary storage device through a virtual initiator in the switch to the primary storage device and to a secondary storage device; an intercept module to make a read request of a data in a primary storage device appear as though the read request is coming from a physical initiator rather than a secondary initiator, such that at least one system protocol is bypassed because the switch intercepts a response having the data from the primary storage device through a virtual target which uses the virtual initiator of the switch to communicate the data to the secondary initiator rather than the physical initiator; an optimization module to minimize configuration of nodes of a continuous-backup system through the configuration of the switch and the interception of the response in the switch; and wherein a binding between the primary storage device, the secondary storage device, the physical initiator, and the secondary initiator is created through a frame redirect zone in a switch fabric and through an application of a twenty-four bit Fiber Channel address of the physical initiator to the virtual initiator in the switch such that the virtual initiator appears to the primary storage devices as the physical initiator. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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