Patent ID: 9703803
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method for replica identification and collision avoidance in a file-system replication by using a processor device, comprising: creating a unique file-system node identification (ID) by combining a grid identification (ID), a repository identification (ID), and a node identification (ID) for each newly created node in a file system repository; associating the unique file-system node ID with a unique association identification (ID) thereby linking the node from a source repository to a target repository to form an association when performing a replication operation between the source repository and the target repository, wherein different replication instances of the node in one of the source repository and the target repository are distinguished by the unique association ID assigned to each of the replication instances, thereby maintaining absolute synchronization between the source repository and the target repository; incrementing a value of the grid ID that facilitates generation of at least one of a plurality of grids within a global environment; and upon removing the association, unlinking the unique association ID from a replication policy in a source repository, wherein an initiated replication operation is disabled.