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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2017
Applicant:
Veritas Technologies Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Vikas Goel, Maharashtra, IN;
Jai Gahlot, Maharashtra, IN;
Shailesh Marathe, Maharashtra, IN;
Abhijit Toley, Maharashtra, IN;
Narender Singh Mehra, Uttar Pradesh, IN;
Assignee:
Veritas Technologies LLC, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0665 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01); G06F 3/0617 (2013.01); G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0689 (2013.01); G06F 13/1605 (2013.01); G06F 11/142 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and processes to perform input/output (I/O) fencing without dedicated arbitrators. A coordination storage identifier is stored in a storage device as metadata. The coordination storage identifier is associated with a node of a cluster coupled to the storage device, and an I/O fencing operation is performed using the coordination storage identifier.