Patent ID: 9575851
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A computer implemented method comprising: non-disruptively moving a replicated volume in a hypervisor from a first storage medium in the hypervisor to a second storage medium in the hypervisor; wherein the replicated volume is a volume where IO data sent to the volume is replicated to a replication site by: notifying a first data protection appliance that the replicated volume is moving from the first storage medium to the second storage medium; wherein IO directed to the replicated volume are being split to the first data protection appliance by sending a copy of the IO to the first data protection appliance; wherein the data replication appliance replicates the copy of the IO to the replication site by sending the copy of the IO to the replication site; wherein the replication site has a second hypervisor and a journal; wherein the second hypervisor on the replication site exposes a replication volume on the replication site; wherein the moving of the replicated volume comprises copying the data corresponding to the replicated volume from the first storage medium to the second storage medium; wherein the journal and replication volume represent a point in time of the replicated volume; and setting a replication connection between the moved replicated volume on the second storage medium with the replication site without removing a replication connection from the first storage medium to the replication site so IOs sent to the moved replicated volume on the second storage medium are split and replicated to the replication site.