Patent ID: 11868622
Assignee: PURE STORAGE, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 10:
11. A method comprising:
receiving, from a source storage system by a target storage system, a volume that stores data for an application and includes an application configuration for a first instance of the application utilizing the volume, wherein the first instance of the application directs data requests to the volume on the source storage system based on the application configuration, wherein the first instance of the application is executing within a source application host;
detecting that the first instance of the application executed in the source application host is unavailable;
retrieving, from the volume on the target storage system, the application configuration for the application; and
providing, by the target storage system to a target application host, the application configuration retrieved from the volume on the target storage system, wherein the application configuration is used to instantiate a second instance of the application on a target application host, and including configuring the second instance of the application on the target application host to direct data requests to the volume on the target storage system using the application configuration retrieved from the volume on the target storage system that was replicated from the source storage system.