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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2012
Nicolas Marc Clayton, Warrington, GB;
Lisa Joan Gundy, Tucson, AZ (US);
John Richard Paveza, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Beth Ann Peterson, Tucson, AZ (US);
Alfred Emilio Sanchez, Tucson, AZ (US);
David Michael Shackelford, Tucson, AZ (US);
Warren Keith Stanley, Loveland, CO (US);
John Glenn Thompson, Tucson, AZ (US);
Nicolas Marc Clayton, Warrington, GB;
Lisa Joan Gundy, Tucson, AZ (US);
John Richard Paveza, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Beth Ann Peterson, Tucson, AZ (US);
Alfred Emilio Sanchez, Tucson, AZ (US);
David Michael Shackelford, Tucson, AZ (US);
Warren Keith Stanley, Loveland, CO (US);
John Glenn Thompson, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for managing storage functions in a data replication environment is disclosed. In one embodiment, such a method includes continually monitoring for changes to a storage configuration at a secondary site. Upon detecting changes to the storage configuration at the secondary site, the method transmits remote metadata describing the changes to the primary site and stores the remote metadata at the primary site. The method then initiates a storage management function at the primary site which is mirrored to the secondary site. In order to perform the storage management function, the method reads the remote metadata at the primary site to determine the storage configuration at the secondary site. The method then performs the storage management function at the primary site in a way that takes into account the storage configuration at the secondary site.