Patent ID: 8914540
Filing Date: 2014-12-16
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving by a data migration node in a network an indicator that the data migration node is responsible for managing data migration from a first storage to a second storage; obtaining information by the data migration node, the information identifying the first storage and the second storage; notifying by the data migration node one or more network devices in the network that traffic that is received by the one or more network devices is to be routed to the data migration node, so that the data migration node selectively serves as one of a proxy initiator and a proxy target during data migration between the first storage and the second storage; performing data migration by the data migration node from the first storage to the second storage; when the data migration from the first storage to the second storage is completed, notifying by the data migration node the one or more network devices in the network that traffic that is received by the network devices is no longer to be routed to the data migration node; and communicating a status of the data migration by the data migration node to one or more other data migration nodes responsible for managing data migration, wherein the data migration node is an internal node of the network.