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Patent No.:

US 9032172 B1

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Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 11, 2013
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Gavin S. Johnson, San Jose, CA (US);

Michael J. Koester, Hollister, CA (US);

Kevin L. Miner, Apopka, FL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0655 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, a primary storage system, includes: logic integrated with and/or executable by at least one controller, the logic being adapted to: receive a request to establish a Peer-to-Peer Remote Copy (PPRC) relationship between a primary storage system and a secondary storage system; set a path between the primary storage system and the secondary storage system via a hardwire connection in response to receiving the request; receive a memory map; establish the PPRC relationship between the primary storage system and the secondary storage system in response to receiving the memory map; and copy, based at least in part on the memory map, one or more data tracks of a primary storage device to the secondary storage system without copying at least one other data track of the primary storage device to the secondary storage system.


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