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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:
Jan. 11, 2022

Filed:

Mar. 09, 2020
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Miguel Perez, Miami, FL (US);

David C. Reed, Tucson, AZ (US);

Dash D. Miller, St. Louis Park, MN (US);

George Kozakos, Forrest, AU;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0644 (2013.01); G06F 1/06 (2013.01); G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0674 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes obtaining, by a first LPAR, first device information about devices that a first LPAR is physically connected to. The first device information is sent by the first LPAR to a storage device for storage therein. Second device information stored on the storage device by a second LPAR is accessed by the first LPAR. The second device information includes information about devices that the second LPAR is physically connected to. The method further includes performing, by the first LPAR, a function using the second device information. A computer program product for device information sharing between a plurality of LPARs according to another embodiment includes a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith. The program are instructions readable and/or executable by a first LPAR to cause the first LPAR to perform the foregoing method.


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