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EFFICIENT FLASHCOPY BACKUP AND MOUNT, CLONE, OR RESTORE COLLISION AVOIDANCE USING DYNAMIC VOLUME ALLOCATION FROM A SHARED RESOURCE POOL

  • US 20150286430A1
  • Filed: 04/02/2014
  • Published: 10/08/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for efficient Flashcopy backup and a mount, clone, or restore task collision avoidance using dynamic volume allocation from a shared resource pool by a processor device in a computing environment, the method comprising:

  • dynamically using a Flashcopy target volume for the Flashcopy backup from a global pool of Flashcopy backup target volumes shared by a plurality of device classes for avoiding a collision between the Flashcopy backup and the mount, the clone, or the restore task.

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