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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2009
Susan M. Coatney, Cupertino, CA (US);
Alan L. Rowe, San Jose, CA (US);
Radek Aster, Campbell, CA (US);
Joydeep Sen Sarma, Redwood City, CA (US);
Susan M. Coatney, Cupertino, CA (US);
Alan L. Rowe, San Jose, CA (US);
Radek Aster, Campbell, CA (US);
Joydeep Sen Sarma, Redwood City, CA (US);
NetApp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for identifying ownership by a computer of a storage device connected to a computer network is described. A first ownership information is written into a selected sector of the storage device by a computer having ownership of the device as a first indicia of ownership. A second ownership information is written into a storage device label of the storage device by the computer having ownership as a second indicia of ownership, the storage device label visible to a plurality of computers connected to the computer network. In the event that at a future time the first indicia of ownership does not match the second indicia of ownership, the first indicia of ownership is taken as definitive of ownership of the storage device.