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Dynamic change management in an extended remote copy operation

US6088697A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 18, 1997
Grant dateJul 11, 2000
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Expiry dateDec 18, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/2094
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for dynamic change management in an extended remote copy system. A primary data mover monitors changes made to a primary data volume resulting from write I/O operations, wherein the changes are reflected in a data structure maintained by the primary data mover. The primary data mover performs a multi-level analysis on the data structure to discard a portion of the changes therein, so that the changes that have been applied to a secondary data volume are discarded from the data structure and the changes that have not been applied to the secondary data volume are maintained in the data structure.

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