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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2002
Chetan Ahuja, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Frank Stewart Filz, Beaverton, OR (US);
John Davis Palmer, San Jose, CA (US);
Chetan Ahuja, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Frank Stewart Filz, Beaverton, OR (US);
John Davis Palmer, San Jose, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Provided are a method, system, and program for managing locks enabling access to a shared resource. A first server receives a lock request from a client for the shared resource. A determination is made as to whether a second server owns the client locks. The first server issues a request to the second server to transfer ownership of the client locks to the first server, wherein the client lock requests are handled by the server owning the client locks.