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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2015
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Susan K. Candelaria, Tucson, AZ (US);
Scott B. Compton, Hyde Park, NY (US);
Jared M. Minch, Tucson, AZ (US);
Richard A. Ripberger, Tucson, AZ (US);
Harry M. Yudenfriend, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/14 (2006.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2013.01); G06F 12/14 (2013.01); G06F 12/1466 (2013.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 21/6218 (2013.01); G06F 21/6272 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1052 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2105 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2141 (2013.01);
Abstract
A mapping system and method that enables a secure reservation mode for a plurality of logical unit numbers of a storage system, generates a plurality of secret reservation keys, and instructs a distributed client to utilize at least one of the secret reservation keys to register with the storage system and to issue secure persistent reserves to the plurality of logical unit numbers.