Zero copy volume reconstruction

• US 9,485,308 B2
• Filed: 05/29/2014
• Issued: 11/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NetApp, Inc.
• Original Assignee: NetApp, Inc.
• Inventors: Eisler, Michael, Shekhar, Sisir, George, Tijin
• Primary Examiner(s): Serrao, Ranodhi
• Assistant Examiner(s): FIORILLO, JAMES N
• Application Number:
  US14/290,089
• Publication Number:
  US 20150350315A1
• Time in Patent Office: 887 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0605 by facilitating the interaction with a user or administrator
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0614 Improving the reliability of storage systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0617 in relation to availability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• 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]

Abstract

Examples described herein include a data migration system for migrating data between different data storage environments. The data migration system creates a first volume on a first storage system, and creates a logical unit within the first volume. The data migration system then creates a virtual volume on a virtual storage system associated with a second storage system, wherein data stored in the virtual volume is backed by the logical unit on the first storage system. The data migration system then replicates, on the virtual volume, a set of data stored on the second storage system. Upon replicating the set of data onto the virtual volume the virtual storage system may automatically create a copy of the corresponding data in the logical unit of the first volume.

Claims

1. A method of data migration, the method comprising:

creating a logical unit within a temporary volume on a destination storage system;

creating a virtual volume on a virtual storage system associated with a source storage system;

mounting the logical unit onto the virtual storage system so that a set of data from the source storage system replicated to the virtual volume is written to the temporary volume on the destination storage system;

creating a destination volume on the destination storage system; and

for each block in the set of data;

identifying a respective block within the logical unit using a reference from the virtual storage system;

copying the respective block from the temporary volume to the destination volume; and

deleting the respective block from the temporary volume, wherein;

the source storage system is a first storage environment and stores the set of data in a first organizational structure and the destination storage system is a second storage environment and stores the set of data in a second organizational structure different from the first organizational structure; and

at least one of the first organizational structure and the second organizational structure further comprises one or more data structures functioning as interdependent storage elements.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of data is stored in a tree-based quota (qtree).

3. The method of claim 2, wherein replicating the set of data comprises:

replicating the set of data onto the virtual volume using a qtree replication function of the virtual storage system.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the destination storage system is a Cluster-Mode (C-Mode) system and the source storage system is a 7-Mode system, and

wherein the qtree replication function corresponds to a 7-to-7 qtree snapmirror.

5. A data migration system comprising:

a memory containing machine readable medium comprising machine executable code having stored thereon;

a processing module, coupled to the memory, to execute the machine executable code to;

create a logical unit within a temporary volume on a destination storage system;

create a virtual volume on a virtual storage system associated with a source storage system;

mount the logical unit onto the virtual storage system so that a set of data from the source storage system replicated to the virtual volume is written to the temporary volume on the destination storage system;

create a destination volume on the destination storage system; and

for each block in the set of data;

identify a respective block within the logical unit using a reference from the virtual storage system;

copy the respective block from the temporary volume to the destination volume; and

delete the respective block from the temporary volume, wherein;

the source storage system is a first storage environment and stores the set of data in a first organizational structure and the destination storage system is a second storage environment and stores the set of data in a second organizational structure different from the first organizational structure; and

at least one of the first organizational structure and the second organizational structure further comprises one or more data structures functioning as interdependent storage elements.

6. The data migration system of claim 5, wherein the set of data is stored in a tree-based quota (qtree).

7. The data migration system of claim 6, wherein the processing module is to replicate the set of data by:

replicating the set of data on the virtual volume using a qtree replication function of the virtual storage system.

8. The data migration system of claim 7, wherein the destination storage system is a Cluster-Mode (C-Mode) system and the source storage system is a 7-Mode system, and wherein the qtree replication function corresponds to a 7-to-7 qtree snapmirror.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium for implementing data migration between storage systems, the non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

creating a logical unit within a temporary volume on a destination storage system;

creating a virtual volume on a virtual storage system associated with a source storage system;

mounting the logical unit onto the virtual storage system so that a set of data from the source storage system replicated to the virtual volume is written to the temporary volume on the destination storage system;

creating a destination volume on the destination storage system; and

for each block in the set of data;

identifying a respective block within the logical unit using a reference from the virtual storage system;

copying the respective block from the temporary volume to the destination volume; and

deleting the respective block from the temporary volume, wherein;

the source storage system is a first storage environment and stores the set of data in a first organizational structure and the destination storage system is a second storage environment and stores the set of data in a second organizational structure different from the first organizational structure; and

at least one of the first organizational structure and the second organizational structure further comprises one or more data structures functioning as interdependent storage elements.