Patent ID: 11907163
Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus comprising:
at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory;
the at least one processing device being configured:
to identify a cloud snapshot lineage that is being managed by first virtualization software running on a first storage system, the cloud snapshot lineage comprising one or more snapshots of at least one storage volume, the cloud snapshot lineage being stored on cloud storage of at least one cloud external to the first storage system;
to pause management of the cloud snapshot lineage by the first virtualization software running on the first storage system;
to obtain, from the first virtualization software running on the first storage system, configuration data for the cloud snapshot lineage;
to provide, to second virtualization software running on a second storage system, the configuration data for the cloud snapshot lineage; and
to resume management of the cloud snapshot lineage by the second virtualization software running on the second storage system.