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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2006
Robert Frederic Kern, Otter Rock, OR (US);
Gregory Edward Mcbride, Vail, AZ (US);
Kenneth Wayne Boyd, Tucson, AZ (US);
William Frank Micka, Tucson, AZ (US);
Gail Andrea Spear, Tucson, AZ (US);
Robert Francis Bartfai, Tucson, AZ (US);
Robert Frederic Kern, Otter Rock, OR (US);
Gregory Edward McBride, Vail, AZ (US);
Kenneth Wayne Boyd, Tucson, AZ (US);
William Frank Micka, Tucson, AZ (US);
Gail Andrea Spear, Tucson, AZ (US);
Robert Francis Bartfai, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture, wherein a primary control unit sends a selected time to a plurality of secondary control units. Clocks are periodically synchronized at the primary control unit and the secondary control units with a time server. The primary control unit and the plurality of secondary control units consistently update secondary storage subsystems coupled to the plurality of secondary control units at the selected time.