EFFICIENT FLASHCOPY BACKUP AND MOUNT, CLONE, OR RESTORE COLLISION AVOIDANCE USING DYNAMIC VOLUME ALLOCATION FROM A SHARED RESOURCE POOL
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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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For efficient Flashcopy backup and a mount, clone, or restore task collision avoidance using dynamic volume allocation with reuse and from a shared resource pool, 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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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for efficient Flashcopy backup and mount, clone, or restore collision avoidance using dynamic volume allocation from a shared resource pool in a computing environment, the system comprising:
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at least one processor device operable in the computing storage environment, wherein processor device; dynamically uses 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. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product for efficient Flashcopy backup and mount, clone, or restore collision avoidance using dynamic volume allocation from a shared resource pool in a computing environment by a processor device, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:
a first executable portion that dynamically uses 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. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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