US 12,393,360 B1
Identification of storage backends to higher-level processes to perform storage volume management
Clinton Douglas Knight, Apex, NC (US); Alex Cameron Meade, Apex, NC (US); and Joseph Eli Webster, Wichita, KS (US)
Assigned to NetApp, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by NetApp, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 24, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/644,943.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0644 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0683 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for identifying underlying storage pools accessible by computing nodes, the method comprising:
mounting a storage volume to a computing node of the computing nodes, wherein the storage volume is stored in a storage pool of a plurality of underlying storage pools;
determining an identifier for the storage pool;
receiving a request to duplicate the storage volume;
determining a second identifier for a second storage pool of the plurality of underlying storage pools to which the storage volume will be duplicated; and
when the second identifier matches the identifier, creating a clone of the storage volume rather than copying the storage volume to the second storage pool.