Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Point-in-time copy on write for golden image
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Application No.: US14859406Application Date: 2015-09-21
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Publication No.: US09886349B2Publication Date: 2018-02-06
- Inventor: Christopher B. E. Beeken , Joanna K. Brown , Carlos F. Fuente , John P. Wilkinson
- 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
- Agent Isaac J. Gooshaw
- Main IPC: G06F11/14
- IPC: G06F11/14 ; G06F3/06

Abstract:
A system, method, and computer program product for managing storage volumes. A processor creates a first point-in-time copy cascade, where the first point-in-time copy cascade comprises a source volume, a first snapshot point-in-time copy volume, and a second snapshot point-in-time copy volume; the first volume is a snapshot copy of the source volume and the second volume is a snapshot copy of the first volume; and the source volume, the first volume, and the second volume include a host portion. A processor creates a third snapshot point-in-time copy volume from the first volume. A processor maps the third volume to create a second cascade, wherein the second cascade comprises the source volume, the first volume, and the third volume but not the second volume. A processor directs an I/O operation for the first copy volume to the third volume.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170083404A1 POINT-IN-TIME COPY ON WRITE FOR GOLDEN IMAGE Public/Granted day:2017-03-23
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