Providing an administrative path for accessing a writeable master storage volume in a mirrored storage environment

A system for use with providing an administrative path for accessing a writeable master storage volume in a mirrored storage environment, the system comprising:

• the writeable master storage volume to store a master set of data addressable by a corresponding pathname;
• zero or more read-only mirrored storage volumes for the writeable master storage volume, each mirrored storage volume configured to store a mirrored set of the master set of data, the mirrored set also addressable by the corresponding pathname;
• and
• one or more storage systems configured to access data from a configured one of either the master storage volume or the mirrored storage volumes utilizing the corresponding pathname in response to a first read request having the corresponding pathname, and to access the master set of data from the writeable master storage volume utilizing a specified master storage volume pathname prefix in response to an access request having the specified master storage volume pathname prefix prepended to the corresponding pathname.

A method for utilizing an administrative path for accessing a writeable master storage volume in a mirrored storage environment, the method comprising:

• determining a need to generate an access request for data, the access request to be generated for one of either the writeable master storage volume configured to store a master set of data accessible by a corresponding pathname, or for zero or more read-only mirrored storage volumes for the master storage volume, each mirrored storage volume configured to store a mirrored set of the master set of data, the mirrored set also accessible by the corresponding pathname;
• determining a need to generate the access request for the master set of data of the master storage volume;
• and, in response
• transmitting the access request to the master storage volume utilizing a specified master storage volume pathname prefix, the access request having the specified master storage volume pathname prefix prepended to a pathname corresponding to data of the access request.