Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Asynchronous mirror consistency audit
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Application No.: US15411982Application Date: 2017-01-21
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Publication No.: US10169134B2Publication Date: 2019-01-01
- Inventor: Gregory E. McBride , David C. Reed , Warren K. Stanley
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Nelson and Nelson
- Agent Daniel P. Nelson; Alexis V. Nelson
- Main IPC: G06F11/00
- IPC: G06F11/00 ; G06F11/07 ; G06F3/06 ; G06F11/20

Abstract:
A method for auditing data consistency in an asynchronous data replication environment is disclosed. In one embodiment, such a method includes copying, at a primary storage system, a primary data track and recording a time that the primary data track was copied. The method replicates the primary data track and associated time from the primary storage system to a secondary storage system. The method applies, to a corresponding secondary data track at the secondary storage system, all updates received for the secondary data track that have a timestamp prior to the time. The method then reads the secondary data track at the secondary storage system after the updates have been applied, and compares the secondary data track to the primary data track. If the secondary data track does not match the primary data track, the method records an error. A corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180210773A1 ASYNCHRONOUS MIRROR CONSISTENCY AUDIT Public/Granted day:2018-07-26
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