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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Debora A. Lowry, Ellensburg, WA (US);
Blanca R. Navarro Piedra, Heredia, CR;
Jose D. Ramos Chaves, Heredia, CR;
Willy A. Vargas Solis, San Jose, CR;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system, method and program product for reclaiming storage volumes in a storage area network (SAN). A method is disclosed that includes: monitoring each of a set containers implemented by a physical host, wherein each container holds a set of storage volumes that are mapped to a storage pool via a SAN switch; determining whether unused volumes in a selected container exceed an empty capacity threshold; in response to the empty capacity threshold being exceeded, determining whether an idle time threshold for the unused volumes has been exceeded with no I/O activity; and in response to the idle time threshold being exceeded with no I/O activity, separating the unused volumes from the selected container, un-mapping the unused volumes from the physical host, and returning the unused volumes to the storage pool.
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