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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2003
David Randall Blea, Tucson, AZ (US);
Mary Catherine Burton, Tucson, AZ (US);
Gregory Edward Mcbride, Tucson, AZ (US);
David Michael Shackelford, Tucson, AZ (US);
David Randall Blea, Tucson, AZ (US);
Mary Catherine Burton, Tucson, AZ (US);
Gregory Edward McBride, Tucson, AZ (US);
David Michael Shackelford, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention automatically selects a copy function according to a policy associated with data to be copied. The apparatus comprises an identification module configured to identify available copy functions in response to a data copy request that includes a predefined copy policy, a comparison module configured to compare each copy function of a storage device to attributes of the predefined copy policy, a selection module configured to automatically select a copy function that satisfies the predefined copy policy, and a relationship module configured to establish a copy relationship between the determined copy function and the data copy request. A policy generation module may be included and configured to read a set of required attributes from an application and to establish the predefined copy policy based on the set of required attributes from the application.