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Restoring a failed storage volume after removal of a storage device from an array

  • US 8,782,463 B1
  • Filed: 10/27/2011
  • Issued: 07/15/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • detecting a storage device being decoupled from an apparatus, wherein at least one partition of the storage device is part of a storage volume comprising an array of separate storage devices in an initial configuration prior to being decoupled;

    in response to the storage device being recoupled to the apparatus, detecting a universally unique identifier (UUID) of the storage device; and

    in response to determining the UUID of the storage device was previously associated with the storage volume, reconfiguring the storage volume to include the at least one partition of the storage device in the initial configuration.

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