Instant file system snapshot restoration

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12499015-B2
Application number	US-202418621276-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 29, 2024
Priority date	Mar 29, 2024
Publication date	Dec 16, 2025
Grant date	Dec 16, 2025

Abstract

Snapshot restoration based on a correlation of a snapshot namespace with a file system namespace is provided. A restore command is received, following which the correlation between the file system namespace of the file system with the snapshot namespace of a snapshot of the file system is performed. Further a file operation command is received to perform at least one of a read file operation and a lookup file operation, corresponding to at least one object associated with the file system namespace of the file system. Further, based on restoration data associated with the at least one object, a redirection operation is executed for at least one of the read file operation and the lookup file operation. The redirection operation routes the file operation command to at least one respective snapshot object associated with the snapshot namespace, corresponding to the at least one object.

First claim

We claim:

1 . A computer-implemented method, comprising:
receiving a restore command; correlating, based on the reception of the restore command, a file system namespace of a file system with a snapshot namespace of a snapshot of the file system; receiving a file operation command to perform at least one of a read file operation or a lookup file operation, corresponding to at least one object associated with the file system namespace of the file system, wherein
the at least one object is associated with restoration data that corresponds to at least one of a completely restored flag, an unrestored flag, or a partially restored flag, and
the restoration data indicates a current restoration state associated with the at least one object;
obtaining, based on a determination that the restoration data associated with the at least one object corresponds to the partially restored flag, block restoration data corresponding to each data block associated with the at least one object; and executing, based on the block restoration data indicating at least one unrestored data block associated with the at least one object, a redirection operation for at least one of the read file operation or the lookup file operation, wherein
the redirection operation routes the file operation command to at least one respective snapshot data block corresponding to the at least one unrestored data block,
the at least one respective snapshot data block is associated with at least one respective snapshot object, and
the at least one respective snapshot object is associated with the snapshot namespace of the snapshot of the file system.

2 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the correlated file system namespace of the file system indicates, based on a snapshot namespace identifier associated with the snapshot of the file system, the snapshot namespace of the snapshot of the file system.

3 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein
the block restoration data indictive of a current block restoration state of at least one data block associated with the at least one object.

4 . A system, comprising:
a memory that stores instructions; and a processor configured to execute the instructions to:
receive a restore command;
correlate, based on the reception of the restore command, a file system namespace of a file system with a snapshot namespace of a snapshot of the file system;
receive a file operation command to perform one or more of:
at least one of a read file operation or a lookup file operation corresponding to at least one object associated with the file system namespace of the file system, and
a write file operation corresponding to the at least one object, wherein
the at least one object is associated with restoration data that corresponds to at least one of a completely restored flag, an unrestored flag, or a partially restored flag, and
the restoration data indicates a current restoration state associated with the at least one object;

obtain, based on a determination that the restoration data associated with the at least one object corresponds to the partially restored flag, block restoration data corresponding to each data block associated with the at least one object; and
execute, based on the block restoration data indicating at least one unrestored data block associated with the at least one object, a redirection operation for at least one of the read file operation or the lookup file operation, wherein
the redirection operation routes the file operation command to at least one respective snapshot data block corresponding to the at least one unrestored data block,
the at least one respective snapshot data block is associated with at least one respective snapshot object, and
the at least one respective snapshot object is associated with the snapshot namespace of the snapshot of the file system; and

perform, based on the restoration data associated with the at least one object, the write file operation corresponding to the at least one object associated with the file system namespace.

5 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the correlated file system namespace indicates, based on a snapshot namespace identifier associated with the snapshot of the file system, the snapshot namespace of the snapshot of the file system.

6 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the block restoration data corresponds to at least one of a completely restored block flag, or an unrestored block flag based on a current block restoration state of at least one data block associated with the at least one object.

7 . The system of claim 6 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
obtain, based on a determination that the restoration data associated with the at least one object corresponds to the unrestored flag, write block data associated with the write file operation corresponding to each data block associated with the at least one object; and perform, based on the write block data associated with the write file operation, the write file operation corresponding to the at least one data block associated with the at least one object, wherein the write block data corresponds to at least one of a full write block flag or a partial write block flag based on an application of the write file operation corresponding to the at least one data block associated with the at least one object.

8 . The system of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
perform, based on a determination that the write block data corresponds to the full write block flag, the write file operation corresponding to the at least one data block associated with the at least one object.

9 . The system of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
obtain, based on a determination that the write block data corresponds to the partial write block flag, the block restoration data corresponding to each data block associated with the at least one object; obtain, based on a determination that the block restoration data corresponds to the unrestored block flag, and a point-in-time state of the at least one data block is captured to the at least one respective snapshot data block, snapshot data of the at least one respective snapshot data block associated with the snapshot namespace; obtain new write data associated with the write file operation corresponding to the at least one data block associated with the at least one object; merge the snapshot data and the new write data to generate merged data; and perform, based on the generated merged data, the write file operation corresponding to the at least one data block associated with the at least one object.

10 . A computer program product for snapshot restoration, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executed by a system to perform operations comprising:
receiving a restore command; correlating, based on the reception of the restore command, a file system namespace of a file system with a snapshot namespace of a snapshot of the file system; receiving a file operation command to perform at least one of a read file operation or a lookup file operation, corresponding to at least one object associated with the file system namespace of the file system, wherein
the at least one object is associated with restoration data that corresponds to at least one of a completely restored flag, an unrestored flag, or a partially restored flag, and
the restoration data indicates a current restoration state associated with the at least one object;
obtaining, based on a determination that the restoration data associated with the at least one object corr

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Zhou hai zhong
• Schmuck Frank
• Wang-Knop Kuei-Yu
• Anderson Owen T

Classifications

• G06F11/0772

  Means for error signaling, e.g. using interrupts, exception flags, dedicated error registers · CPC title

• G06F2201/80

  Database-specific techniques · CPC title

• G06F2201/84

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

• G06F11/1466

  to make the backup process non-disruptive · CPC title

• G06F11/1469 Primary

  Backup restoration techniques · CPC title