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Unified management of sync and async replication for block and file objects

US9330155B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

EMC Corporation · US

Inventors

Jean-Pierre Bono · Westborough, US
Himabindu Tummala · Grafton, US
Assaf Natanzon · Nes Ziona, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 30, 2013
Grant date	May 3, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 26, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F16/1787
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A technique for managing synchronous replication and asynchronous replication of both block-based objects and file-based objects employs a common replication session manager configured from a common GUI application. The replication session manager can access different settings for different data objects (e.g., LUNs, file systems, block-based vVOLs (virtual volumes), file-based vVOLs, VMDKs, etc.), with replication settings maintained on a per-data-object basis. The replication session manager can also orchestrate synchronous and/or asynchronous replication sessions, failover, and/or recovery, for any given data object in accordance with the particular data-object-specific settings established for that object.

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