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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Theresa M. Brown, Tucson, AZ (US);
Nedlaya Y. Francisco, Tucson, AZ (US);
Suguang Li, Tucson, AZ (US);
Mark L. Lipets, Tucson, AZ (US);
Gregory E. McBride, Vail, AZ (US);
Carol S. Mellgren, Tucson, AZ (US);
Raul E. Saba, Tucson, AZ (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for using a cascade flag to process a copy relationship having a backward cascade copy relationship. Each of a plurality of copy relationships indicates to copy source data to target data and has a cascade flag. The cascade flag for a forward copy relationship of the copy relationships is set to a first value in response to determining that the source data for the forward copy relationship comprises target data for a backward copy relationship and that a background copy operation specified to copy source data to target data of the backward copy relationship has not completed. The cascade flag for the forward copy relationship is set to a second value in response to determining that the backward copy relationship does not have an uncompleted background copy operation.