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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2007
Robert Francis Bartfai, Tucson, AZ (US);
Kenneth Wayne Boyd, Tucson, AZ (US);
James Chien-chiung Chen, Tucson, AZ (US);
Kenneth Fairclough Day, Iii, Tucson, AZ (US);
Shachar Fienblit, Ein Ayala, IL;
Gregory Edward Mcbride, Vail, AZ (US);
David W. Messina, Malden on Hudson, NY (US);
Robert Bruce Nicholson, Southsea, GB;
Gail Andrea Spear, Tucson, AZ (US);
Robert Francis Bartfai, Tucson, AZ (US);
Kenneth Wayne Boyd, Tucson, AZ (US);
James Chien-Chiung Chen, Tucson, AZ (US);
Kenneth Fairclough Day, III, Tucson, AZ (US);
Shachar Fienblit, Ein Ayala, IL;
Gregory Edward McBride, Vail, AZ (US);
David W. Messina, Malden on Hudson, NY (US);
Robert Bruce Nicholson, Southsea, GB;
Gail Andrea Spear, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for a replication engine communicating with a splitter to split writes between a storage controller and replication engine. Communication is initiated with the splitter implemented in a storage controller managing access to primary volumes. A command is sent to the splitter to copy writes to one primary volume to the replication engine. Write data is received from the splitter to one of the primary volumes following the splitter receiving the command to copy the writes to the replication engine. A determination is made of a copy services function to use for the received data. The determined copy services function is invoked to transfer the received data to a secondary storage volume.