Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dynamically tracking virtual logical storage units
- Patent Title (中): 动态跟踪虚拟逻辑存储单元
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Application No.: US12647664Application Date: 2009-12-28
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Publication No.: US08086896B2Publication Date: 2011-12-27
- Inventor: James P. Allen , Kiran K. Anumalasetty , Sudhir Maddali , Bhyrav M. Mutnury , James A. Pafumi , Sanket Rathi , Stephen M. Tee
- Applicant: James P. Allen , Kiran K. Anumalasetty , Sudhir Maddali , Bhyrav M. Mutnury , James A. Pafumi , Sanket Rathi , Stephen M. Tee
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: DeLizio Gilliam, PLLC
- Main IPC: G06F11/00
- IPC: G06F11/00

Abstract:
In virtualized environments, storage may be managed dynamically due to the changing data storage requirements. In such environments, logical storage unit identifiers (LUN IDs) may be modified as a result of deleting an existing mapping between physical storage and a virtualization server and recreating the mapping. This can result in I/O request failure. Techniques for resolving errors resulting from LUN ID modifications can be time-intensive and labor-intensive and can disrupt a communication path between a host device and the physical storage. Functionality can be implemented to dynamically identify the LUN ID modifications, determine valid LUN IDs, and retransmit failed I/O requests. This can help minimize I/O request failures due to LUN ID modifications without disrupting the communication path between the host device and the physical storage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110161725A1 DYNAMICALLY TRACKING VIRTUAL LOGICAL STORAGE UNITS Public/Granted day:2011-06-30
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