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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2015
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Robert S. Gensler, Jr., Vail, AZ (US);
Ernesto E. Figueroa, Sahuarita, AZ (US);
Jeffrey R. Suarez, Tucson, AZ (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1435 (2013.01); G06F 11/1402 (2013.01); G06F 12/00 (2013.01); G06F 11/1446 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is provided for performing a point in time copy using a block level of granularity. The method includes identifying an index node for a file, and translating data block locations identified by the index node to physical track locations. Further, the method includes performing a point in time copy utilizing the physical track locations.