Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Inhibiting tracks within a volume of a storage system
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Application No.: US15439805Application Date: 2017-02-22
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Publication No.: US10782893B2Publication Date: 2020-09-22
- Inventor: Lisa J. Gundy , Michael J. Koester , Kevin L. Miner
- 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: Zilka-Kotab, P.C.
- Main IPC: G06F12/00
- IPC: G06F12/00 ; G06F13/00 ; G06F3/06
Abstract:
A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes receiving a first command to inhibit one or more tracks within a volume of a storage system, in response to the first command, identifying the one or more tracks within the volume of the storage system, utilizing the first command or a previous command, and inhibiting the one or more tracks within the volume of the storage system, receiving a second command to copy data to the one or more tracks within the volume of the storage system, identifying the one or more tracks within the volume of the storage system as inhibited, and rejecting the second command, in response to the identifying.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180239544A1 INHIBITING TRACKS WITHIN A VOLUME OF A STORAGE CONTROLLER Public/Granted day:2018-08-23
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