Patent ID: 8380951
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer-accessible storage medium storing program instructions executable to: store backup configuration information specifying information for backing up a clustered storage system, wherein the backup configuration information specifies: a) a plurality of nodes in the clustered storage system, wherein each node includes one or more processors; b) for each respective node of the plurality of nodes, one or more storage volumes hosted by the respective node, wherein each respective storage volume includes a plurality of files; c) a plurality of backup storage devices coupled by a network to the plurality of nodes; and d) connections among the plurality of backup storage devices and the plurality of nodes; in response to automatically detecting a particular change to the clustered storage system, update the backup configuration information to reflect the particular change to the clustered storage system; and perform a first backup operation using the updated backup configuration information to backup one or more of the storage volumes from one or more of the nodes to one or more of the backup storage devices, wherein the first backup operation operates to backup each file of the one or more storage volumes to the one or more backup storage devices, wherein in performing the first backup operation the program instructions are executable to select, from the updated backup configuration information, one or more of: the one or more storage volumes, the one or more nodes, or the one or more backup storage devices to use in the first backup operation.