Inventor

MCBRIDE GREGORY E

US141 patents

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MCBRIDE GREGORY E

IBM

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

System availability in PPRC failover environments

Data migration using multi-storage volume swap

Channel path load balancing, through selection of storage volumes to be processed, for long running applications

Using mirror indicators to determine whether to mirror tracks in a data set in a primary volume mirrored to a secondary volume

Using mirror indicators to indicate whether to mirror tracks in a data set in a primary volume mirrored to a secondary volume

Using mirror indicators to determine whether to mirror tracks in a data set in a primary volume mirrored to a secondary volume

Shifting a defrag operation in a mirrored system

Metadata-based bypassing in a controller

Managing filesystem inodes

File corruption recovery in concurrent data protection

Volume swapping of point-in-time read-only target volumes

Storage unit replacement using point-in-time snap copy

Automated migration to a new target volume via merged bitmaps to maintain consistency

Apparatus, system, and method for continuously protecting data

After swapping from a first storage to a second storage, mirroring data from the second storage to the first storage for data in the first storage that experienced data errors

Pre-emptive data production site swap

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

Bandwidth management in a data storage system

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

Selective write control

Automatic data healing using a storage controller

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

Determining space to release in a target volume to which tracks from a source volume are mirrored

Hypervisor and virtual machine protection

Determining tracks to release in a source volume being copied to a target volume

Determining tracks to release in a target volume mirrored from a source volume

Using mirror indicators to indicate whether to mirror tracks in a data set in a primary volume mirrored to a secondary volume

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

Data migration using multi-storage volume swap

Managing a set of blocks in a storage system

Data recovery in multi-target data storage networks

Hypervisor and virtual machine protection

Using a cascade flag to process a copy relationship having a backward cascade copy relationship

File corruption recovery in concurrent data protection

Efficient sidefile utilization in asynchronous data replication systems

Metadata-based bypassing in a controller

Selective write control

Hypervisor and virtual machine protection

Coordinated space reclamation in space-efficient flashcopy volumes

Managing a set of blocks in a storage system

Block-level predictive data migration

Storage unit replacement using point-in-time snap copy

Enhanced soft fence of devices

Modifying journaling associated with data mirroring within a storage system

Resolving failed mirrored point-in-time copies with minimum disruption

Determining space to release in a target volume to which tracks from a source volume are mirrored

BLEA AMY N

Automated migration to a new target volume via merged bitmaps to maintain consistency

BLEA DAVID R

Volume swapping of point-in-time read-only target volumes