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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Andrew D. Baptist, Mt. Pleasant, WI (US);
Bart R. Clifone, Chicago, IL (US);
Thomas D. Cocagne, Elk Grove Village, IL (US);
Sanjaya Kumar, South Elgin, IL (US);
Manish Motwani, Chicago, IL (US);
Andrew G. Peake, Chicago, IL (US);
Jason K. Resch, Chicago, IL (US);
Thomas F. Shirley, Jr., Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Sebastien Vas, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for execution by a dispersed storage and task (DST) processing unit includes obtaining distributed storage and task network (DSTN) address range information for each memory device of a set of memory devices associated with a storage unit targeted for an upgrade; obtaining a list of slice names associated with selected slices stored in each memory device of the storage unit; retrieving the selected slices associated with the list of slice names; generating an integrity check value for the selected slices; storing one or more of: the integrity check value, the selected slices, or the list of slice names as original integrity information in a memory; and enabling an upgrade sequence of the DST execution unit.