US 11,797,235 B2
Interface to mount virtual disks from multiple sources
Abinas Tewari, Charlotte, NC (US)
Assigned to EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US)
Filed by EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US)
Filed on Jun. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/304,054.
Prior Publication US 2022/0398047 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0665 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0629 (2013.01); G06F 3/0644 (2013.01); G06F 3/0689 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
initializing an interface operation, wherein the interface operation includes initializing protocols to read and access listed virtual disks and opening connections to listed virtual disks for sources;
creating a mount point at the file system interface;
mounting virtual disks of the sources at the mount point as files;
determining individual partitions and volume configurations of the files; and
subsequent to mounting the virtual disks, mounting, at the mount point, the individual partitions as partition files, wherein the partition files differ from the files.