Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Performing a point-in-time snapshot copy operation within a data consistency application
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Application No.: US16773590Application Date: 2020-01-27
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Publication No.: US11853585B2Publication Date: 2023-12-26
- Inventor: Matthew J. Ward , Theresa Mary Brown , Nedlaya Yazzie Francisco , Gail Spear
- 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: G06F3/06
- IPC: G06F3/06 ; G06F11/14

Abstract:
A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes identifying data to be transferred as part of a point-in-time snapshot copy operation; setting a data consistency application in an idle state; marking the data while the data consistency application is in the idle state; restarting the data consistency application; identifying, by the data consistency application, the marked data; creating, by the data consistency application, a consistency group including the marked data; and performing replication of the consistency group.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210232315A1 PERFORMING A POINT-IN-TIME SNAPSHOT COPY OPERATION WITHIN A DATA CONSISTENCY APPLICATION Public/Granted day:2021-07-29
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