Patent ID: 9389968
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a storage server, a request to perform a switchover from a first node to a second node; determining whether to place a storage volume involved in the switchover in a suspended state; setting the storage volume in the suspended state in response to determining that the storage volume is to be placed in the suspended state; performing the switchover to assign ownership of the storage volume from the first node to the second node; maintaining the storage volume in the suspended state after performing the switchover; responsive to completing the switchover from the first node to the second node, performing a storage volume recovery operation upon the storage volume while the storage volume is in the suspended state; and responsive to completing the storage volume recovery operation, switching the storage volume from the suspended state to an active state for client access through the second node.