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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 14, 2017
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Susan K. Candelaria, Tucson, AZ (US);

Mark P. Gardiner, Albany, NY (US);

Clint A. Hardy, Tucson, AZ (US);

Matthew J. Kalos, Tucson, AZ (US);

William R. White, Endwell, NY (US);

Stephen G. Wilkins, Berkshire, NY (US);

Harry M. Yudenfriend, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/188 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/188 (2019.01);
Abstract

A computer-implemented method for transferring a reserve to a target host, according to one embodiment, includes granting to a source system, by a control unit, a reserve for a volume of a storage device. A push reserve command is received from the source system. The push reserve command specifies: a transfer of the reserve to a target system, parameter data identifying the target system, and path information specifying the source system. The reserve is transferred only to the target system in response to release of the reserve by the source system.


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