Method and system of seamlessly reconfiguring a data center after a failure
AssigneeVeritas Technologies LLC
InventorsAnkit Jain, Sumeet Parmar
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Abstract
Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer readable mediums for seamlessly reconfiguring a data center after a failure are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes at least a primary data center and a secondary data center. When a failure occurs at the primary data center, software executing on the secondary data center dynamically identifies the storage resources correlation that is setup for disaster recovery. The software executing on the secondary data center will automatically identify the resources correlation based on the replication properties of the storage configuration. The resources will then be configured with the new parameters when new hardware and software is added to the primary data center after the failure.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a primary data center;
- and
- a secondary data center coupled to the primary data center via a network;
- wherein the system is configured to:
- detect a first replication link between a first replication unit on the primary data center and a second replication unit on the secondary data center;
- utilize a workflow to orchestrate a failover of a resiliency group to the second replication unit on the secondary data center in response to a failure at the primary data center;
- detect a second replication link between the second replication unit on the secondary data center and a third replication unit on the primary data center subsequent to the failover;
- in response to detecting the second replication link:
- utilize the second replication link to update the workflow;
- and
- utilize the workflow to orchestrate a failback of the resiliency group to the third replication unit on the primary datacenter.
A method comprising:
- detecting a first replication link between a first replication unit on the primary data center and a second replication unit on the secondary data center;
- utilizing a workflow to orchestrate a failover of a resiliency group to the second replication unit on the secondary data center in response to a failure at the primary data center;
- detecting a second replication link between the second replication unit on the secondary data center and a third replication unit on the primary data center subsequent to the failover;
- in response to detecting the second replication link:
- utilizing the second replication link to update the workflow;
- and
- utilizing the workflow to orchestrate a failback of the resiliency group to the third replication unit on the primary datacenter.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing program instructions, wherein the program instructions are executable by a processor to:
- detect a first replication link between a first replication unit on the primary data center and a second replication unit on the secondary data center;
- utilize a workflow to orchestrate a failover of a resiliency group to the second replication unit on the secondary data center in response to a failure at the primary data center;
- detect a second replication link between the second replication unit on the secondary data center and a third replication unit on the primary data center subsequent to the failover;
- in response to detecting the second replication link:
- utilize the second replication link to update the workflow;
- and
- utilize the workflow to orchestrate a failback of the resiliency group to the third replication unit on the primary datacenter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.