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Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 15, 2012
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Anjul Mathur, Tucson, AZ (US);

Karl A. Nielsen, Tucson, AZ (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 11/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0689 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01); G06F 3/0617 (2013.01); G06F 3/0634 (2013.01); G06F 11/2033 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided are a computer implemented method, computer program product, and system for maintaining state information. An available node affiliated with an unavailable device adapter and an unavailable node affiliated with an available device adapter are identified, wherein the available node is assigned a first subset of disk arrays, and wherein the unavailable node is assigned a second subset of disk arrays. The available device adapter is affiliated with the available node. First state information of the first node that describes a state of the first subset of disk arrays is updated with second state information of the second node that describes a state of the second subset of disk arrays. Access to the first subset of disk arrays and the second subset of disk arrays is provided through the available node and the available device adapter using the updated first state information.


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