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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2004
Gerard Maclean Dearing, San Jose, CA (US);
William Stuart Edwards, San Jose, CA (US);
Elmer Enrique Latorre, San Jose, CA (US);
Thomas Alexander Mahon, San Jose, CA (US);
Lyle Leroy Merithew, Jr., San Jose, CA (US);
Gerard Maclean Dearing, San Jose, CA (US);
William Stuart Edwards, San Jose, CA (US);
Elmer Enrique Latorre, San Jose, CA (US);
Thomas Alexander Mahon, San Jose, CA (US);
Lyle LeRoy Merithew, Jr., San Jose, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for preserving cluster level serialization during file server serialization reinitialization. The apparatus includes a permission request module, a cluster negotiation module, and a completion notification module. The permission request module communicates a permission request to a remote file server in anticipation of a reinitialization of a local file server. The cluster negotiation module implements a reinitialization protocol on the remote file server during the reinitialization of the local file server. The completion notification module notifies the remote file server when the reinitialization of the local file server is complete. The apparatus, system, and method beneficially facilitate continued serialization negotiation among the remote file servers during the reinitialization of the serialization data on the local file server and, thereby, preserve the integrity of shared data resources.