Patent ID: 7757111

Claim:
A computer readable medium embodying a program of machine-readable instructions executable by a processor to perform operations for preparing the storage system of a pending disaster at an onsite location of the storage system, the operations comprising: the storage system receiving a disaster preparation initiation from an offsite client; and in response to receiving the disaster preparation initiation from the offsite client, the storage system executing a disaster preparation of onsite data including at least one of: managing a temporary storage of onsite data volumes to at least one peer site, managing a storage of onsite cached data to a first onsite removable media, and managing a storage of onsite management information to a second onsite removable media; and, wherein the managing of the temporary storage of onsite data volumes at the at least one peer site includes: marking each logical volume exclusively stored within the storage system; and initiating a replication of each marked logical volume to the at least one peer site.