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Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 16, 2015
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Christopher B. E. Beeken, Eastleigh, GB;

Joanna K. Brown, Hampshire, GB;

Carlos F. Fuente, Southampton, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1469 (2013.01); G06F 3/065 (2013.01); G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/0689 (2013.01); G06F 11/1402 (2013.01); G06F 11/1446 (2013.01); G06F 2201/84 (2013.01);
Abstract

Managing storage volumes in a point-in-time copy cascade. The cascade includes a first source volume, a first point-in-time target volume, and a second point-in-time target volume. The second point-in-time target volume is a point-in-time copy of the first point-in-time target volume. Upon detecting a corruption of the first point-in-time target volume the method creates a third point-in-time target volume from the second point-in-time target volume and directs I/O operations for the first point-in-time target volume to the third point-in-time target volume. The first point-in-time target volume is restored to the second point-in-time target volume and, when the restoration is complete, deletes the first point-in-time target volume.


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