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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2020
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Nedlaya Yazzie Francisco, Tucson, AZ (US);
Theresa Mary Brown, Tucson, AZ (US);
Nicolas Marc Clayton, Warrington, GB;
David Fei, Tucson, AZ (US);
Terry O'Connor, High Peak, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method according to one aspect includes receiving a request to increase a size of a backup storage space for a storage volume; adding additional extents to the backup storage space in response to the request; identifying a current extent location within the backup storage space; determining whether any filled extent locations exist between the current extent location and the additional extents added to the backup storage space; and conditionally utilizing the additional extents added to the backup storage space, based on the determining.