Patent ID: 11860736
Assignee: VMWARE LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. A system for deletion of nodes maintained in an ordered data structure for a first snapshot, comprising:
one or more processors; and
at least one memory, the one or more processors and the at least one memory configured to:
process the nodes maintained in the ordered data structure according to a defined order, wherein processing the nodes includes:
identify a first node of a plurality of nodes maintained in the ordered data structure for the first snapshot;
determine the first node is exclusively owned by the first snapshot; and
delete the first node based on the determination;
set a node path cursor with a pointer to the first node and an indication of the deletion of the first node;
store the node path cursor in a persistent storage; and
during processing of the nodes:
detect a failure;
after the failure, check the pointer of the node path cursor; and
resume processing of the nodes starting from the first node indicated by the pointer.