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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2023
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method, according to one embodiment, includes receiving, from a plurality of initiators, a plurality of reservation requests for logical unit numbers (LUNs) of a storage target. Exclusive type network paths between the initiators and the LUNs requested in the reservation requests are caused to be added to a restricted path list. The method further includes determining the initiators of the plurality of initiators, that have access to at least one of the exclusive type network paths in the restricted path list. Session logout commands are caused to be sent to the determined initiators. The session logout commands instruct the determined initiators to thereafter re-log in to sessions that are logged out of as a result the determined initiators adhering to the session logout commands. The method further includes allocating a first session that a first of the determined initiators re-logs in to, to a first fiber.