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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:
Oct. 29, 2024

Filed:

May. 16, 2023
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Timothy Andrew Moran, Southampton, GB;

Dominic Tomkins, Alton, GB;

Nicholas Michael O'Rourke, Southampton, GB;

Warren Hawkins, Winchester, GB;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/061 (2013.01); G06F 3/065 (2013.01); G06F 3/0653 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided are a method, system, and computer program product in which a storage volume is configured to be maintained in a replicated relationship between two storage systems. A reversing is performed of a switch of a direction of replication for a replicated storage volume, in response to determining that host activity does not sufficiently match a pre-switch host activity, where the host activity does not sufficiently match the pre-switch host activity if a predetermined set of criteria is not met.


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