System and method for disk identification in a cloud based computing environment

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions for causing a processing circuitry to perform a process, the process comprising:

• determining identifying information of a primary disk, wherein the primary disk is a logical disk;
• causing the primary disk to be enlarged to create a first additional disk space;
• causing primary metadata to be written to the first additional disk space, wherein the primary metadata includes the identifying information of the primary disk;
• determining a corresponding replicated disk that corresponds to the primary disk by comparing the primary metadata to replicated metadata associated with the replicated disk, wherein the replicated disk is a logical disk;
• and
• matching the corresponding replicated disk with the primary disk.

A system for identifying corresponding disks, comprising:

• a processing circuitry;
• and
• a memory, the memory containing instructions that, when executed by the processing circuitry, configure the system to:
• determine identifying information of a primary disk, wherein the primary disk is a logical disk;
• cause the primary disk to be enlarged to create a first additional disk space;
• cause primary metadata to be written to the first additional disk space, wherein the primary metadata includes the identifying information of the primary disk;
• determine a corresponding replicated disk that corresponds to the primary disk by comparing the primary metadata to replicated metadata associated with the replicated disk, wherein the replicated disk is a logical disk;
• and
• match the corresponding replicated disk with the primary disk.

A method for identifying corresponding disks, comprising:

• determining identifying information of a primary disk, wherein the primary disk is a logical disk;
• creating first additional disk space associated with the primary disk;
• writing primary metadata to the first additional disk space, wherein the metadata is based upon the identifying information of the primary disk;
• determining a corresponding replicated disk that corresponds to the primary disk by comparing the primary metadata to replicated metadata associated with the replicated disk, wherein the replicated disk is a logical disk;
• and
• matching the corresponding replicated disk with the primary disk.