International Business Machines Corporation

Keith Geoffrey Morrison

Karl Allen Nielsen

Xue Feng Gao

Micah Robison

David Ray Kahler

Roah Jishi

Jeremy Leigh Royall

John Charles Elliott

Todd Charles Sorenson

Brian Anthony Rinaldi

Gary William Batchelor

Ronald David Martens

Jiwu Duan

Guang Feng

Ye Na Chen

A method for protecting data in a storage system is disclosed. In one embodiment, such a method includes detecting, by a first hardware management console, first battery-on status associated with a first uninterruptible power supply. The method further detects, by a second hardware management console, second battery-on status associated with a second uninterruptible power supply. The method communicates, from the first hardware management console to the second hardware management console, the first battery-on status. The method then triggers, by the second hardware management console, a dump of modified data from memory to more persistent storage upon detecting both the first battery-on status and the second battery-on status. A corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed.

Hardware-management-console-initiated data protection

Methods that can identify distributed objects that are subject to service are disclosed herein. One method includes receiving, by a processor, a service event from a first server in which the service event includes a first object in the first server that is subject to service and for which the first server is unable to determine an identity of the first object. The method further includes determining the identity of the first object based on a first object model for a second server and notifying a user of the identity of the first object in the first server that is subject to service. Apparatus, systems, and computer program products that can include, perform, and/or implement the methods are also disclosed herein.

Apparatus, systems, and methods for identifying distributed objects subject to service

For preventing data loss in storage systems a detection is made that a storage device in a plurality of storage devices is experiencing a malfunction. The type of malfunction is determined. A SMART rebuilding technique, a normal building technique, a data migration technique, or a user data backup technique is selected to preserve the data in the storage device based on the determined type of the malfunction. The selected technique is performed on the storage device.

Systems and methods for preventing data loss

For preventing data loss in storage systems, a detection is made that a storage device in a plurality of storage devices is experiencing a malfunction. The type of malfunction is determined. A SMART rebuilding technique, a normal building technique, a data migration technique, or a user data backup technique is selected to preserve the data in the storage device based on the determined type of the malfunction. The selected technique is performed on the storage device.

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