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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 30, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Theodore R Maeurer, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Allan S Meritt, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395650 ; 364D / ; 3642382 ; 3642383 ;
Abstract
A large data processing system includes a channel path management program that is periodically executed during operation of the system to gather control unit and subchannel utilization statistics and to monitor such statistics. If the degree of utilization of a channel path or an I/O device exceeds a predetermined threshold value, one or more change(s) is(are) dynamically made in the channel path configuration.