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Patent No.:

US 7966463 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2011

Filed:

Jan. 11, 2008
Applicants:

Rikiya Mizuta, Odawara, JP;

Koji Nagata, Kaisei, JP;

Masaaki Kobayashi, Odawara, JP;

Inventors:

Rikiya Mizuta, Odawara, JP;

Koji Nagata, Kaisei, JP;

Masaaki Kobayashi, Odawara, JP;

Assignee:

Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Provided is a control method for an asynchronous remote copy system, the method including: fixing data in a secondary volume; determining a certain area in the secondary volume that contains data required to be copied to a primary volume from the secondary volume in which the data is fixed; copying the data in the certain area to the primary volume; and swapping the primary volume and the secondary volume for restarting the asynchronous remote copy.


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