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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2019
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Matthew G. Borlick, Tucson, AZ (US);
Lokesh M. Gupta, Tucson, AZ (US);
Carol S. Mellgren, Tucson, AZ (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/065 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01); G06F 3/0623 (2013.01); G06F 21/6209 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2137 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computational device receives a command to activate a time lock for a data set. In response to receiving the command to activate the time lock for the data set, a point in time copy of the data set is generated to allow write operations to be performed even if the time lock is activated.