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Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 10, 2012
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Daniel M. Hursh, St. Charles, MN (US);

Paul E. Movall, Rochester, MN (US);

Eric J. Nelson, Rochester, MN (US);

Brett J. Reese, Byron, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30289 (2013.01); G06F 17/30424 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of managing a database may include, at a node, assigning a pre-assimilation value to a hardware instance identifier of a hardware component before the node is assimilated into a multi-node computing system. The method may also include receiving a post-assimilation value after the node has been assimilated into the multi-node computing system. The method may also include updating the pre-assimilation value with the post-assimilation value.


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