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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2004
Dennis Steven Delorme, Rochester, MN (US);
Margaret Rose Fenlon, Rochester, MN (US);
Robert Thaddeus Gintowt, Rochester, MN (US);
Alan Leon Levering, Rochester, MN (US);
Thomas Marcus Mcbride, Mantorville, MN (US);
Michael John Oberholtzer, Stewartville, MN (US);
Jeffrey John Parker, Rochester, MN (US);
Richard Michael Theis, Rochester, MN (US);
Jerry Leroy Von Berge, Byron, MN (US);
Dennis Steven DeLorme, Rochester, MN (US);
Margaret Rose Fenlon, Rochester, MN (US);
Robert Thaddeus Gintowt, Rochester, MN (US);
Alan Leon Levering, Rochester, MN (US);
Thomas Marcus McBride, Mantorville, MN (US);
Michael John Oberholtzer, Stewartville, MN (US);
Jeffrey John Parker, Rochester, MN (US);
Richard Michael Theis, Rochester, MN (US);
Jerry Leroy Von Berge, Byron, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A filesystem conversion process converts a filesystem from one implementation type to another type while the filesystem remains active and fully accessible. The conversion process builds a list of directories in the filesystem that are of the old filesystem type and then converts each directory until the entire filesystem is converted. Instead of the filesystem being shutdown to perform the conversion, the conversion process may run as a background thread that does not interfere with normal filesystem operations.