Inventor

CLAYTON NICOLAS M

GB49 patents

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CLAYTON NICOLAS M

IBM

Using a forward log storage and backward log storage to recover a storage to a forward or backward point-in-time

Using queues corresponding to attribute values and priorities associated with units of work and sub-units of the unit of work to select the units of work and their sub-units to process

Policy-based management of storage functions in data replication environments

Asynchronous pausing of the formation of consistency groups

Copy of replication status for synchronization

Concurrently processing parts of cells of a data structure with multiple processes

Using a forward log storage and backward log storage to recover a storage to a forward or backward point-in-time

Performing a recovery copy command to create a recovery volume for a consistency group

Processing a space release command to free release space in a consistency group

Copying data from multiple point-in-time copies to a log storage to use to roll-back a source storage

Asynchronous local and remote generation of consistent point-in-time snap copies in consistency groups

Management of backup volume extents via a tiered storage mechanism

Using queues corresponding to attribute values associated with units of work and sub-units of the unit of work to select the units of work and their sub-units to process

Copying data from multiple point-in-time copies to a log storage to use to roll-back a source storage

Using a space release data structure to indicate tracks to release for a space release command to release space of tracks

Processing a space release command to free release space in a consistency group

Asynchronous pausing of the formation of consistency groups

Performing a recovery copy command to restore a safeguarded copy backup to a production volume

Restoration of data when point in time copy operations are performed during asynchronous copy

Restoration of data when point in time copy operations are performed during asynchronous copy

Point-in-time snap copy withdrawal management

Asynchronous pausing of the formation of consistency groups

Accelerating transaction execution across geographically dispersed clusters

Asynchronous local and remote generation of consistent point-in-time snap copies in consistency groups

Releasing space on secondary storage device for resynchronization

Releasing space allocated to a space efficient target storage in a copy relationship with a source storage

Using a space release data structure to indicate tracks to release for a space release command to release space of tracks in a consistency group being formed

Tertiary storage unit management in bidirectional data copying

Copy of replication status for synchronization

Tertiary storage unit management in bidirectional data copying

Local locking in a bi-directional synchronous mirroring environment

Prevention of overlay of production data by point in time copy operations in a host based asynchronous mirroring environment

Point-in-time snap copy on asynchronous consistency group management

Comingling conventional and backup volumes in tiered storage systems

Point-in-time snap copy on asynchronous consistency group management

Enabling point-in-time-copy target volumes to be primary volumes in cascaded data replication systems

Asynchronous local and remote generation of consistent point-in-time snap copies

Workload balancing to achieve a global workload balance

Point-in-time snap copy withdrawal management

System and method for improved error response in data mirroring

Data storage cache management

Using queues corresponding to attribute values associated with units of work to select the units of work to process

Coordination of point-in-time copy in asynchronous mirror environment during consistency group formation

Establishing copy pairs from primary volumes to secondary volumes in multiple secondary storage systems for a failover session

CLAYTON NICOLAS M

Maintaining mirror and storage system copies of volumes at multiple remote sites

Maintaining mirror and storage system copies of volumes at multiple remote sites

Prevention of overlay of production data by point in time copy operations in a host based asynchronous mirroring environment

GLOBALFOUNDRIES US 2 LLC

Mapping a source workload pattern for a source storage system to a target workload pattern for a target storage system

INT BUSIINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

Determining which target is most ahead in a multi-target mirroring environment