Automatic reconfiguration of network parameters during file system failover

A computer system for automatic network reconfiguration associated with a failover event performed by a software defined network (SDN) controller, comprising:

• one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, one or more computer-readable tangible storage medium, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more tangible storage medium for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, wherein the computer system is capable of performing a method comprising:
• instructing a file system to capture a plurality of attributes associated with a plurality of data following the failover event, wherein the plurality of attributes comprises a fileset identifier associated with a fileset, a first gateway node identifier associated with a first gateway node, and a second gateway node identifier associated with a second gateway node, and wherein the first gateway node and the second gateway node are part of a node cluster;
• determining, based on the captured fileset identifier, a virtual local area network (VLAN) associated with the fileset, wherein the determined virtual local area network connects the first gateway node to the second gateway node within the node cluster;
• obtaining a software defined network (SDN) switch list from en the SDN controller based on the determined virtual local area network, wherein the SDN switch list corresponds to at least one software defined network switch within the determined virtual local area network, and wherein the at least one software defined network switch is configured by the SDN controller;
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• sending a reconfiguration command to the SDN controller from a program layer, wherein the reconfiguration command instructs the SDN controller to reconfigure the at least one software defined network switch corresponding to the obtained SDN switch list to stop sending a plurality of network traffic to the first gateway node corresponding to the first gateway node identifier and to start sending the plurality of network traffic to the second gateway node corresponding to the second gateway node identifier, and wherein the plurality of network traffic is associated with the fileset.

A computer program product for automatic network reconfiguration associated with a failover event performed by a software defined network (SDN) controller, comprising:

• one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more tangible storage medium, the program instructions executable by a processor, the program instructions comprising:
• instructing a file system to capture a plurality of attributes associated with a plurality of data following the failover event, wherein the plurality of attributes comprises a fileset identifier associated with a fileset, a first gateway node identifier associated with a first gateway node, and a second gateway node identifier associated with a second gateway node, and wherein the first gateway node and the second gateway node are part of a node cluster;
• determining, based on the captured fileset identifier, a virtual local area network (VLAN) associated with the fileset, wherein the determined virtual local area network connects the first gateway node to the second gateway node within the node cluster;
• obtaining a software defined network (SDN) switch list from the SDN controller based on the determined virtual local area network, wherein the SDN switch list corresponds to at least one software defined network switch within the determined virtual local area network, and wherein the at least one software defined network switch is configured by the SDN controller;
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• sending a reconfiguration command to the SDN controller from a program layer, wherein the reconfiguration command instructs the SDN controller to reconfigure the at least one software defined network switch corresponding to the obtained SDN switch list to stop sending a plurality of network traffic to the first gateway node corresponding to the first gateway node identifier and to start sending the plurality of network traffic to the second gateway node corresponding to the second gateway node identifier, and wherein the plurality of network traffic is associated with the fileset.