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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2010
Shevaun M. Fontenot, Georgetown, TX (US);
Eric P. Fried, Austin, TX (US);
Rajeev Mishra, Bangalore, IN;
Lance W. Russell, Rosanky, TX (US);
Stephen J. Tovcimak, Red Hook, NY (US);
Murali Vaddagiri, Bangalore, IN;
Shevaun M. Fontenot, Georgetown, TX (US);
Eric P. Fried, Austin, TX (US);
Rajeev Mishra, Bangalore, IN;
Lance W. Russell, Rosanky, TX (US);
Stephen J. Tovcimak, Red Hook, NY (US);
Murali Vaddagiri, Bangalore, IN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A second node receives a message from a first node in a cluster environment. The message includes a unique identifier of a shared data storage device including a cluster configuration database that defines membership of nodes in a cluster. In response to receiving the message, the second node attempts to find the shared data storage device. In response to finding the shared data storage device, the second node locates and reads the cluster configuration database on the shared data storage device. The second node then assimilates a cluster configuration update indicated by the cluster configuration database.