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Apparatus and method to provide information from a first information storage and retrieval system to a second information storage and retrieval system

US7249205B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 20, 2003
Grant dateJul 24, 2007
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Expiry dateFeb 2, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/065
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method to provide information from a first information storage and retrieval system to a second information storage and retrieval system. Applicants' method provides a first information storage and retrieval system, where that first information storage and retrieval system comprises (N) PPRC adapters and information, and provides a second information storage and retrieval system. The method generates and saves an Established Path Bitmap which recites each of the (N) PPRC adapters, and generates an Available Path Bitmap. If a PPRC adapter is in communication with the secondary information storage and retrieval system, then the method adds that adapter to the Available Path Bitmap. The Established Path Bitmap and the Available Path Bitmap are used for subsequent PPRC operations.

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