Cloud-based disaster recovery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11526405-B1
Application number	US-201916386717-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Apr 17, 2019
Priority date	Nov 18, 2018
Publication date	Dec 13, 2022
Grant date	Dec 13, 2022

Abstract

Performing disaster recovery in a cloud-based storage system, including: creating, by a storage system a snapshot of a dataset; uploading, from the storage system to a cloud computing environment, the snapshot; storing, by the cloud computing environment, the snapshot; detecting, by the cloud computing environment, that the dataset is not available on the storage system; and creating, by the cloud computing environment using the snapshot that is stored within the cloud computing environment, a cloud-based storage system that includes the dataset.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a cloud computing environment, from a storage system, a snapshot of a dataset stored at the storage system;
storing, by the cloud computing environment, the snapshot in an object storage provided as part of the cloud computing environment;
monitoring, by the cloud computing environment, the storage system for availability of the dataset that corresponds to the snapshot;
based on the monitoring of the storage system, detecting, by the cloud computing environment, that the dataset is not available on the storage system; and
in response to the detection that the dataset corresponding to the snapshot is not available in the storage system, creating, by the cloud computing environment, using the snapshot, a cloud-based storage system, including utilizing block storage provided by the cloud computing environment and utilizing a virtual machine instance for executing storage operations for the block storage, wherein the block storage of the cloud-based storage system is populated with the dataset that corresponds to the snapshot.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the storage system comprises an on-premises storage system.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising storing, by the cloud computing environment, the snapshot, wherein:
storing, by the cloud computing environment, the snapshot further comprises storing the snapshot in a first type of cloud-based service; and
creating, by the cloud computing environment using the snapshot that is stored within the cloud computing environment, a cloud-based storage system that includes the dataset further comprises creating the cloud-based storage system in a second type of cloud-based service.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein:
the first type of cloud-based service comprises an object storage service; and
the second type of cloud-based service comprises a block storage service.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising creating the snapshot dynamically, upon occurrence of an event.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising creating the snapshot upon a predefined period of time.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising creating the snapshot upon request.

8. A system a computer processor, a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the system to perform:
receiving, by a cloud computing environment, from a storage system, a snapshot of a dataset stored at the storage system;
storing, by the cloud computing environment, the snapshot in an object storage provided as part of the cloud computing environment;
monitoring, by the cloud computing environment, the storage system for availability of the dataset that corresponds to the snapshot;
based on the monitoring of the storage system, detecting, by the cloud computing environment, that the dataset is not available on the storage system; and
in response to the detection that the dataset corresponding to the snapshot is not available in the storage system, creating, by the cloud computing environment, using the snapshot, a cloud-based storage system, including utilizing block storage provided by the cloud computing environment and utilizing a virtual machine instance for executing storage operations for the block storage, wherein the block storage of the cloud-based storage system is populated with the dataset that corresponds to the snapshot.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the storage system comprises an on-premises storage system.

10. The system of claim 8 , further comprising computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the system to perform storing, by the cloud computing environment, the snapshot, wherein:
storing, by the cloud computing environment, the snapshot further comprises storing the snapshot in a first type of cloud-based service; and
creating, by the cloud computing environment using the snapshot that is stored within the cloud computing environment, a cloud-based storage system that includes the dataset further comprises creating the cloud-based storage system in a second type of cloud-based service.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein:
the first type of cloud-based service comprises an object storage service; and
the second type of cloud-based service comprises a block storage service.

12. The system of claim 8 , further comprising computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the system to perform creating the snapshot dynamically, upon occurrence of an event.

13. The system of claim 8 , further comprising computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the system to perform creating the snapshot upon a predefined period of time.

14. The system of claim 8 , further comprising computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the system to perform creating the snapshot upon request.

15. A computer program product disposed on a computer readable storage medium, the computer readable storage medium comprising computer program instructions that, when executed by a computer processor, perform:
receiving, by a cloud computing environment, from a storage system, a snapshot of a dataset stored at the storage system;
storing, by the cloud computing environment, the snapshot in an object storage provided as part of the cloud computing environment;
monitoring, by the cloud computing environment, the storage system for availability of the dataset that corresponds to the snapshot;
based on the monitoring of the storage system, detecting, by the cloud computing environment, that the dataset is not available on the storage system; and
in response to the detection that the dataset corresponding to the snapshot is not available in the storage system, creating, by the cloud computing environment, using the snapshot, a cloud-based storage system, including utilizing block storage provided by the cloud computing environment and utilizing a virtual machine instance for executing storage operations for the block storage, wherein the block storage of the cloud-based storage system is populated with the dataset that corresponds to the snapshot.

16. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the storage system comprises an on-premises storage system.

17. The computer program product of claim 15 , further comprising computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, perform storing, by the cloud computing environment, the snapshot, wherein:
storing, by the cloud computing environment, the snapshot further comprises storing the snapshot in a first type of cloud-based service; and
creating, by the cloud computing environment using the snapshot that is stored within the cloud computing environment, a cloud-based storage system that includes the dataset further comprises creating the cloud-based storage system in a second type of cloud-based service.

18. The computer program product of claim 17 , wherein:
the first type of cloud-based service comprises an object storage service; and
the second type of cloud-based service comprises a block storage service.

19. The computer program product of claim 15 , further comprising computer program instructions that, when executed by a computer processor, perform creating the snapshot dynamically, upon occurrence of an event.

20. The computer program product of claim 15 , furthe

Assignees

• Pure Storage Inc

Inventors

• Fisher James
• Neelakantam Naveen
• Frandzel Yuval

Classifications

• G06F2201/84

  Using snapshots, i.e. a logical point-in-time copy of the data · CPC title

• G06F11/1464 Primary

  for networked environments · CPC title

• G06F2201/86

  Event-based monitoring · CPC title

• G06F11/1456

  Hardware arrangements for backup · CPC title

• G06F11/3409

  for performance assessment · CPC title