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AssigneeNetApp, Inc.
InventorsDong Lin, Ravikanth Dronamraju, Mark Muhlstein, Michael L. Federwisch
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A system and method for transparent data replication of one or more data containers over migrating virtual servers (vfilers) operating on physical storage systems is provided. A mirroring (or other replication) procedure associated with a vfiler generates an entry in a mirror table maintained by one or more appropriate mirroring applications executing on the physical storage systems. The mirror table identifies source and destination “owners” of a replicated data container by vfiler instead of only by physical storage system. Thus, when a vfiler is migrated from a source physical storage system (“source”) to a destination physical storage system (“destination”), the mirroring application may continue to perform mirroring operations on the data containers at a per vfiler level to thereby improve the utility of migration of the vfiler among the storage systems.
A method for data replication in a computer system, the method comprising:
A system configured to enable data replication, comprising:
A computer system for data replication, comprising:
A non-transitory computer readable hardware medium for transparent data replication on a computer system, the non-transitory computer readable medium including program instructions for:
A method for operating a data storage system, comprising:
A method for operating a data storage system, comprising:
A data storage system apparatus, comprising:
A data storage system apparatus, comprising:
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