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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2003
Stanley Krehbiel, Jr., Wichita, KS (US);
William Hetrick, Wichita, KS (US);
Joseph Moore, Wichita, KS (US);
William Delaney, Wichita, KS (US);
Carey Lewis, Wichita, KS (US);
Scott Hubbard, Wichita, KS (US);
Stanley Krehbiel, Jr., Wichita, KS (US);
William Hetrick, Wichita, KS (US);
Joseph Moore, Wichita, KS (US);
William Delaney, Wichita, KS (US);
Carey Lewis, Wichita, KS (US);
Scott Hubbard, Wichita, KS (US);
LSI Logic Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and associated structure for migrating storage devices between storage subsystems. A storage device to be removed from a storage subsystem is first 'exported' by altering configuration data stored on the storage device. The altered configuration information helps assure that the storage device will be recognized as a foreign device in any storage subsystem into which it is subsequently inserted. Forcing recognition of the storage device as a foreign storage device in any subsystem helps assure predictability of the process of importing the storage device into a new system and helps reduce the risk of data loss when reinserting the storage device into a storage subsystem. Storage devices so migrated may include individual disk drives as well as entire volumes comprising one or more disk drives.