US 12,229,148 B2
Data connector component for implementing integrity checking, anomaly detection, and file system metadata analysis
Sharankumar Yelheri, Santa Clara, CA (US); Atul Ramesh Pandit, Los Gatos, CA (US); and Tijin George, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to NetApp, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by NetApp Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/464,378.
Application 18/464,378 is a continuation of application No. 17/242,356, filed on Apr. 28, 2021, granted, now 11,755,590.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/109,717, filed on Nov. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0126766 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 16/00 (2019.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01); G06F 16/21 (2019.01); G06F 16/22 (2019.01); G06F 16/2457 (2019.01); G06F 16/28 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 16/24573 (2019.01) [G06F 11/1448 (2013.01); G06F 16/219 (2019.01); G06F 16/2246 (2019.01); G06F 16/289 (2019.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
providing clients with access to a primary volume;
generating an analysis metafile associated with the primary volume to which the clients are provided access through a primary volume file system;
formatting the analysis metafile to include an object name and information generated using an inode number and a directory name used by the primary volume file system;
populating the analysis metafile with record entries that include a first record entry associated with the object name and the generated information, wherein the first record entry comprises a key paired with a value, wherein the key includes the inode number, and wherein the value includes a flag indicating whether an update is pending or complete;
identifying a snapshot of the primary volume; and
updating the analysis metafile based upon the new snapshot.