Patent ID: 8751533

Claim:
A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, in a clustered storage system, a request to migrate a storage object from a source node servicing the storage object to a destination node; verifying the destination node is configured to service the storage object, wherein the verifying further comprises attempting to access the storage object and determining the storage object is accessible if the attempted access is successful; verifying the source node is configured to migrate the storage object, wherein verifying the source node comprises performing a veto check that determines whether active operations on they source node include one or more of fault tolerance, maintenance, and servicing of access requests; offlining the storage object at the source node to prevent servicing of storage requests on the storage object; updating ownership information of the storage object to indicate the destination node instead of the source node; onlining the storage object at the destination node to resume servicing of storage requests on the storage object; and routing storage requests for the storage object to the destination node instead of the source node as a result of updating the ownership information.