Rollback procedure for failed dataset image operation

A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions for:

• identifying, by a computer system, a plurality of storage systems that store a plurality of volumes collectively constituting a dataset;
• instructing, by the computer system, volume image managers hosted at the plurality of storage systems to create images, of the plurality of volumes, collectively representing a dataset image for the dataset;
• receiving commit statuses, indicating whether the images were successfully created, from the volume image managers;
• evaluating the commit statuses to determine if any of the images are failed images that were not successfully created, wherein creation of an image fails based upon a timeout period that is set based upon an urgency of a situation associated with generating a backup of the dataset;
• and
• in response to the evaluation identifying one or more failed images that were not successfully created and one or more images that were successfully created, initiating a procedure to automatically delete the one or more images that were successfully created and the one or more failed images that were not successfully created.

A computing device comprising:

• a memory containing machine readable medium comprising machine executable code having stored thereon instructions for performing a method;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to execute the machine executable code to cause the processor to:
• identify, by a computer system, a plurality of storage systems that store a plurality of volumes collectively constituting a dataset;
• instruct, by the computer system, volume image managers hosted at the plurality of storage systems to create images, of the plurality of volumes, collectively representing a dataset image for the dataset;
• receive commit statuses, indicating whether the images were successfully created, from the volume image managers;
• evaluate the commit statuses to determine if any of the images are failed images that were not successfully created, wherein creation of an image fails based upon a timeout period that is set based upon an urgency of a situation associated with generating a backup of the dataset;
• and
• in response to the evaluation identifying one or more failed images that were not successfully created and one or more images that were successfully created, initiate a procedure to automatically delete the one or more images that were successfully created and the one or more failed images that were not successfully created.