Patent ID: 8583887

Claim:
A method, comprising: mapping, by a volume management module of a client system, a storage container to a local storage volume to enable access to remote storage services provided by the storage container via a network storage server; detecting, by the volume management module, a failure of the remote storage services; and restoring, by the volume management module, the remote storage services by: freezing I/O operations initiated by client applications of the client system that attempt to access the remote storage services; responsive to freezing the I/O operations, dismounting the storage container while continuing to maintain control of the dismounted storage container by the volume management module; remounting the storage container in response to data on the dismounted storage container being restored; and activating the frozen I/O operations to allow the client applications to continue accessing the remote storage services after completion of said restoring, wherein activating the frozen I/O operations includes continuing processing of the I/O operations without requiring the client applications to be restarted.