Switching over from using a first primary storage to using a second primary storage when the first primary storage is in a mirror relationship

• US 10,572,357 B2
• Filed: 03/29/2017
• Issued: 02/25/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: McBride, Gregory E., Miller, Dash D., Perez, Miguel A., Reed, David C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Duncan, Marc
• Assistant Examiner(s): Gibson, Jonathan D
• Application Number:
  US15/473,603
• Publication Number:
  US 20180285223A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,063 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1662 the resynchronized component or unit being a persistent storage device re-synchronization of failed mirror storage G06F11/2082; rebuild or reconstruction of parity RAID storage G06F11/1008
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/2082 Data synchronisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/2094 Redundant storage or storage space G06F11/2056 takes precedence

Abstract

A computer program product, system, and method for switching over from using a first primary storage to using a second primary storage when the first primary storage is in a mirror relationship. Migration operations are initiated to migrate data in the first primary storage to a second primary storage while the data in the first primary storage indicated in first change recording information is mirrored to a secondary storage and switch from using the first primary storage to the second primary storage. Resynchronization operations are initiated to indicate changes to data in the second primary storage in a second change recording information, copy writes from the second primary storage indicated in the first and the second change recording information to the secondary storage, and mirror writes to the second primary storage to the secondary storage in response to the copying the writes.

Claims

1. A computer program product for switching from a first primary storage, used by a system, with a second primary storage, wherein the computer program product comprises a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith to communicate with the first primary storage, the second primary storage, and a secondary storage, that when executed cause operations, the operations comprising:

initiating migration operations comprising;

migrating data in the first primary storage to the second primary storage while the data in the first primary storage indicated in first change recording information is mirrored to the secondary storage;

initiating quiescing of writes to the first primary storage after synchronizing between the first primary storage and the second primary storage; and

switching from using the first primary storage to the second primary storage for host read and write access; and

initiating resynchronization operations while waiting for the quiescing of the writes, comprising;

indicating, in second change recording information, changes to data in the second primary storage resulting from copying writes from the first primary storage that occur after initiating the resynchronization operations and while waiting for completion of the quiescing of writes to the first primary storage in a second change recording information;

determining whether writes completed quiescing to the first primary storage;

copying writes from the second primary storage indicated in the first and the second change recording information to the secondary storage in response to the determining that the writes completed quiescing to the first primary storage; and

mirroring writes to the second primary storage to the secondary storage in response to the copying the writes indicated in the first and second change recording information to the secondary storage.

2. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the migration operations and resynchronization operations are performed concurrently.

3. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the switching from using the first primary storage to the second primary storage for receiving host read and write requests is performed in response to completing the quiescing of writes.

4. The computer program product of claim 3, wherein the operations further comprise:

maintaining a first copy relationship including the first change recording information to mirror data from the first primary storage to the secondary storage; and

wherein the migrating operations further comprise suspending the first copy relationship in response to the quiescing of writes.

5. The computer program product of claim 3, wherein writes to the first primary storage that occur after the initiating the quiescing of writes and before the completing the quiescing of writes are indicated in the first change recording information and copied to the second primary storage as part of the migration operations of migrating the data in the first primary storage to the second primary storage.

6. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the resynchronization operations further comprise:

merging the first and the second change recording information into merged change recording information to indicate data as changed that was indicated as changed in the first and the second change recording information, wherein the copying the writes from the second primary storage to the secondary storage comprises copying data indicated in the merged change recording information as changed.

7. The computer program product of claim 1, further comprises:

maintaining a first copy relationship including the first change recording information to mirror data from the first primary storage to the secondary storage, wherein the first copy relationship existed prior to performing the migration operations; and

wherein the resynchronization operations further comprise;

establishing a second copy relationship in a suspended state to copy data for the mirroring of the writes from the second primary storage to the secondary storage, wherein, in the suspended state, writes to the second primary storage are not copied to the secondary storage and the second change recording information indicates changes made to the second primary storage during the suspended state; and

changing the suspended state of the second copy relationship to an active state in response to copying the writes indicated in the first and second change recording information to the secondary storage, wherein data indicated as changed in the second change recording information is mirrored from the second primary storage to the secondary storage in response to being in the active state.

8. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the first primary storage is managed by a first primary control unit, wherein the second primary storage is managed by a second primary control unit, wherein the secondary storage is managed by a secondary control unit, wherein the migration and the resynchronization operations are performed with respect to a first primary volume in the first primary storage, a second primary volume in the second primary storage, and secondary volume in the secondary storage, and wherein the second primary control unit comprises an upgraded version of the first primary control unit.

9. A system for switching from using a first primary storage with a second primary storage and further in communication with a secondary storage, comprising:

a processor; and

a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith that when executed by the processor cause operations, the operations comprising;

initiating migration operations comprising;

migrating data in the first primary storage to the second primary storage while the data in the first primary storage indicated in first change recording information is mirrored to a secondary storage;

initiating quiescing of writes to the first primary storage after synchronizing between the first primary storage and the second primary storage; and

switching from using the first primary storage to the second primary storage for host read and write access; and

initiating resynchronization operations while waiting for the quiescing of the writes, comprising;

indicating, in second change recording information, changes to data in the second primary storage resulting from copying writes from the first primary storage that occur after initiating the resynchronization operations and while waiting for completion of the quiescing of writes to the first primary storage in a second change recording information;

determining whether writes completed quiescing to the first primary storage;

copying writes from the second primary storage indicated in the first and the second change recording information to the secondary storage; and

mirroring writes to the second primary storage to the secondary storage in response to the copying the writes indicated in the first and second change recording information to the secondary storage.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the migration operations and resynchronization operations are performed concurrently.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the switching from using the first primary storage to the second primary storage for receiving host read and write requests is performed in response to completing the quiescing of writes.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein writes to the first primary storage that occur after the initiating the quiescing writes and before the completing the quiescing writes are indicated in the first change recording information and copied to the second primary storage as part of the migration operations of migrating the data in the first primary storage to the second primary storage.

13. The system of claim 9, further comprises:

maintaining a first copy relationship including the first change recording information to mirror data from the first primary storage to the secondary storage, wherein the first copy relationship existed prior to performing the migration operations; and

wherein the resynchronization operations further comprise;

establishing a second copy relationship in a suspended state to copy data for the mirroring of the writes from the second primary storage to the secondary storage, wherein, in the suspended state, writes to the second primary storage are not copied to the secondary storage and the second change recording information indicates changes made to the second primary storage during the suspended state; and

changing the suspended state of the second copy relationship to an active state in response to copying the writes indicated in the first and second change recording information to the secondary storage, wherein data indicated as changed in the second change recording information is mirrored from the second primary storage to the secondary storage in response to being in the active state.

14. A method for switching from a first primary storage, used by a system, to a second primary storage, comprising:

initiating migration operations comprising;

migrating data in the first primary storage to the second primary storage while the data in the first primary storage indicated in first change recording information is mirrored to a secondary storage; and

switching from using the first primary storage to the second primary storage for host read and write access;

initiating quiescing of writes to the first primary storage after synchronizing between the first primary storage and the second primary storage; and

initiating resynchronization operations while waiting for the quiescing of the writes, comprising;

indicating, in second change recording information, changes to data in the second primary storage resulting from copying writes from the first primary storage that occur after initiating the resynchronization operations and while waiting for completion of the quiescing of writes to the first primary storage in a second change recording information;

determining whether writes completed quiescing to the first primary storage;

copying writes from the second primary storage indicated in the first and the second change recording information to the secondary storage; and

mirroring writes to the second primary storage to the secondary storage in response to the copying the writes indicated in the first and second change recording information to the secondary storage.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the migration operations and resynchronization operations are performed concurrently.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the switching from using the first primary storage to the second primary storage for receiving host read and write requests is performed in response to completing the quiescing of writes.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein writes to the first primary storage that occur after the initiating the quiescing writes and before the completing the quiescing writes are indicated in the first change recording information and copied to the second primary storage as part of the migration operations of migrating the data in the first primary storage to the second primary storage.

18. The method of claim 14, further comprises:

maintaining a first copy relationship including the first change recording information to mirror data from the first primary storage to the secondary storage, wherein the first copy relationship existed prior to performing the migration operations; and

wherein the resynchronization operations further comprise;

establishing a second copy relationship in a suspended state to copy data for the mirroring of the writes from the second primary storage to the secondary storage, wherein, in the suspended state, writes to the second primary storage are not copied to the secondary storage and the second change recording information indicates changes made to the second primary storage during the suspended state; and

changing the suspended state of the second copy relationship to an active state in response to copying the writes indicated in the first and second change recording information to the secondary storage, wherein data indicated as changed in the second change recording information is mirrored from the second primary storage to the secondary storage in response to being in the active state.