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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Errol J. Calder, Vail, AZ (US);
Trent T. Cooper, Tucson, AZ (US);
James J. Fagan, Tucson, AZ (US);
Richard T. Solsten, III, Tucson, AZ (US);
Forrest E. Townsend, Tucson, AZ (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, automated storage target selection includes automatically selecting a storage node of a plurality of candidate storage nodes as a function of a plurality of selection criteria. Further, a backup data object is transmitted to the selected storage node. In one embodiment, selecting a storage node includes retrieving stored user-defined parameters for selection criteria for selecting a storage node, retrieving storage node-defined parameters for selection criteria, comparing user-defined parameters and storage node-defined parameters, and selecting a storage node as a function of the comparing. In another aspect of the present description, comparing user-defined parameters and storage node-defined parameters includes broadening a first user-defined parameter to a second user-defined parameter broader than the first user-defined parameter if no candidate storage nodes have a storage node-defined parameter within the first user-defined parameter. Other features and aspects may be realized, depending upon the particular application.