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Method, system, and program for copying tracks between a primary storage and secondary storage

US7451283B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 9, 2004
Grant dateNov 11, 2008
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Expiry dateFeb 7, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/2074
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Provided are a method, system, and program for copying tracks between a primary controller and secondary controller. A track is received from the primary controller that is part of a copy job comprising a sequence of tracks to copy along with a sequence number of the received track and a context number identifying computational resources in the primary controller used to transmit the track, sequence number, and context number. The context number and sequence number transmitted with the track are used to determine if a track preceding the received track was written to storage. The secondary-controller writes the received track to storage if the track preceding the received track was written to storage.

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