Patent ID: 9665578
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method comprising: allocating, by a computing device, a plurality of data blocks in a storage aggregate to a foreign logical unit, wherein the plurality of data blocks in the storage aggregate are in a native file system format and the foreign logical unit comprises a foreign file system format that is different from the native file system format in the storage aggregate; mapping, by the computing device, the foreign logical unit and foreign logical unit label data to the plurality of data blocks in the storage aggregate, wherein the mapped foreign logical unit label data is associated with the native file system and indicates that the foreign logical unit is in the native file format; and converting, by the computing device, the mapped plurality of data blocks in the storage aggregate from the foreign file system format to the native file system format by progressively increasing a binding between the native file system and the foreign logical unit.