Granted Patent B2

US 12,235,807 · App. 18/110,195 · Granted Feb 25, 2025

Inventors: Weiwei Mou (Sunnyvale, CA); Prabir Paul (San Jose, CA); Abhay Chavan (Pune, IN); Luis Pablo Pabón (Sturbridge, MA)

Assignee: Pure Storage, Inc.

G06F16/1824G06F11/1469G06F2201/84

Abstract

Claims (42)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a storage management system and from a containerized application, a recovery request to restore, from a recovery dataset, a storage volume in a storage system, the storage system including a plurality of volume instances of the storage volume that correspond to a plurality of data management models;

identifying, by the storage management system and from the plurality of volume instances, one or more particular volume instances based on the recovery request, the one or more particular volume instances respectively stored in one or more storage locations configured with a second data management model;

directing, by the storage management system, the recovery request to the one or more particular volume instances;

receiving, by the storage management system, a notification indicating that the recovery request is successfully executed on a particular volume instance among the one or more particular volume instances to restore data in the particular volume instance to a state associated with a past time;

creating, by the storage management system and in response to the receiving of the notification, one or more additional volume instances based on the data in the particular volume instance, wherein the one or more additional volume instances correspond to a first data management model that facilitates one or more input/output (IO) operations;

deleting, by the storage management system, one or more volume instances corresponding to the first data management model in the plurality of volume instances, data in the one or more volume instances being associated with a current time; and

using, by the storage management system, the one or more additional volume instances in handling one or more storage operation requests.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the second data management model facilitates one or more data protection operations, the one or more data protection operations including one or more of a backup operation or a recovery operation.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein:

a first volume instance among the one or more additional volume instances is stored in a storage location that is configured with the first data management model, the storage location being on a first compute node; and

a second volume instance among the one or more particular volume instances is stored in a different storage location that is configured with the second data management model, the different storage location being on the first compute node or on a second compute node distinct from the first compute node.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein:

the containerized application is implemented on one of the first compute node, the second compute node, or a third compute node distinct from the first compute node and the second compute node.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the recovery request further includes

a backup request to create the recovery dataset.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

data in the one or more additional volume instances replicates the data in the particular volume instance that is restored to the state associated with the past time; and

the one or more additional volume instances are respectively stored in one or more additional storage locations that are configured with the first data management model.

7. A system comprising:

a memory storing instructions; and

a processor communicatively coupled to the memory and configured to execute the instructions to:

receive, from a containerized application, a recovery request to restore, from a recovery dataset, a storage volume in a storage system, the storage system including a plurality of volume instances of the storage volume that correspond to a plurality of data management models;

identify, from the plurality of volume instances, one or more particular volume instances based on the recovery request, the one or more particular volume instances respectively stored in one or more storage locations configured with a second data management model;

direct the recovery request to the one or more particular volume instances;

receive a notification indicating that the recovery request is successfully executed on a particular volume instance among the one or more particular volume instances to restore data in the particular volume instance to a state associated with a past time;

create, in response to the receiving of the notification, one or more additional volume instances based on the data in the particular volume instance, wherein the one or more additional volume instances correspond to a first data management model that facilitates one or more input/output (IO) operations;

delete one or more volume instances corresponding to the first data management model in the plurality of volume instances, data in the one or more volume instances being associated with a current time; and

use the one or more additional volume instances in handling one or more storage operation requests.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein:

the second data management model facilitates one or more data protection operations, the one or more data protection operations including one or more of a backup operation or a recovery operation.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the recovery request further includes

a backup request to create the recovery dataset.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, direct a processor of a computing device to:

receive, from a containerized application, a recovery request to restore, from a recovery dataset, a storage volume in a storage system, the storage system including a plurality of volume instances of the storage volume that correspond to a plurality of data management models;

identify, from the plurality of volume instances, one or more particular volume instances based on the recovery request, the one or more particular volume instances respectively stored in one or more storage locations configured with a second data management model;

direct the recovery request to the one or more particular volume instances;

receive a notification indicating that the recovery request is successfully executed on a particular volume instance among the one or more particular volume instances to restore data in the particular volume instance to a state associated with a past time;

create, in response to the receiving of the notification, one or more additional volume instances based on the data in the particular volume instance, wherein the one or more additional volume instances correspond to a first data management model that facilitates one or more input/output (IO) operations;

delete one or more volume instances corresponding to the first data management model in the plurality of volume instances, data in the one or more volume instances being associated with a current time; and

use the one or more additional volume instances in handling one or more storage operation requests.

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