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System and article of manufacture for consistent copying of storage volumes

US7904684B2 · kind B2 · utility

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8References

12Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Sam Clark Werner · Tucson, US
William Frank Micka · Tucson, US
Sivan Tal · Yoqneam Illit, IL
Ifat Nuriel · Haifa, IL
Sheli Rahav · Haifa, IL
Gail A. Spear · Tucson, US
Warren K. Stanley · Tucson, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 19, 2008
Grant date	Mar 8, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 23, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F3/067
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Provided are a system and article of manufacture for copying storage. Copy operations are performed on source storage units to copy to target storage units, wherein the copy operations create a consistent copy of the source storage units in the target storage units. While performing a copy operation to copy from one source storage unit to one target storage unit, a write operation is restricted from being performed on the one source storage unit, until the copy operations have been performed on the source storage units.

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