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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2020
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Matthew J. Ward, Vail, AZ (US);
Theresa Mary Brown, Tucson, AZ (US);
Nedlaya Yazzie Francisco, Tucson, AZ (US);
Gail Spear, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes determining that a consistency group has not been created within a predetermined period of time; sending a request to create the consistency group, where the request includes an indication that a creation of the consistency group is mandatory; identifying one or more logical storage volumes associated with the request to create the consistency group; marking each of the identified one or more logical storage volumes to indicate that a point-in-time snapshot copy operation is not allowed for the one or more logical storage volumes; creating the consistency group; sending the consistency group from a source site to a destination site; and removing the marking from each of the identified one or more logical storage volumes to indicate that a point-in-time snapshot copy operation is allowed for the one or more logical storage volumes.