Patent ID: 11921671
Assignee: NETAPP, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. A computing device comprising:
a memory containing machine readable medium comprising machine executable code having stored thereon instructions for performing a method of volume snapshot deletion in a container system; and
a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to execute the machine executable code to cause the processor to:
receive a request to delete an individual volume snapshot of a source volume of the container system independent of a maintenance schedule for the individual volume snapshot, the individual volume snapshot being stored at an object store that is separate from the source volume;
identify a volume snapshot object corresponding to the individual volume snapshot from an identifier unique to the individual volume snapshot included in the volume snapshot object, the volume snapshot object being separate from the individual volume snapshot and uniquely corresponding to the individual volume snapshot;
mark the volume snapshot object uniquely corresponding to the individual volume snapshot for deletion;
send a delete request, from the container system to the object store that stores the volume snapshot, in response to detecting that the volume snapshot object has been marked for deletion;
repeat the sending until the individual volume snapshot is deleted from the object store; and
delete the volume snapshot object in response to the individual volume snapshot being deleted from the object store.