公开(公告)号：US20090083510A1

公开(公告)日：2009-03-26

申请号：US12327773

申请日：2008-12-03

申请人： Wayne Charles Carlson ,  Kevin Lee Gibble ,  Gregory Tad Kishi ,  Mark Allan Norman ,  Jonathan Wayne Peake

发明人： Wayne Charles Carlson ,  Kevin Lee Gibble ,  Gregory Tad Kishi ,  Mark Allan Norman ,  Jonathan Wayne Peake

IPC分类号： G06F12/02

CPC分类号： G06F3/0605 ,  G06F3/0647 ,  G06F3/0686 ,  Y10S707/99953 ,  Y10S707/99956

摘要： Provided are a method, system and article of manufacture for return processing in storage pools. A plurality of physical volumes are allocated to a first storage pool. A determination is made whether the first storage pool has more than a threshold number of empty physical volumes. If the first storage pool has more than the threshold number of empty physical volumes, then at least one empty physical volume is returned to a second storage pool.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于存储池中的返回处理的方法，系统和制品。 多个物理卷被分配给第一存储池。 确定第一个存储池是否具有超过阈值数量的空物理卷。 如果第一个存储池具有超过空的物理卷的阈值数量，则至少一个空的物理卷将返回到第二个存储池。

公开(公告)号：US20090083501A1

公开(公告)日：2009-03-26

申请号：US11860361

申请日：2007-09-24

申请人： Cheryl Marie Friauf ,  Norie Iwasaki ,  Yuuji Kibuse ,  Gregory Tad Kishi ,  Koichi Masuda

发明人： Cheryl Marie Friauf ,  Norie Iwasaki ,  Yuuji Kibuse ,  Gregory Tad Kishi ,  Koichi Masuda

IPC分类号： G06F12/02

CPC分类号： G06F12/0862 ,  G06F3/0613 ,  G06F3/0647 ,  G06F3/0653 ,  G06F3/0659 ,  G06F3/0686 ,  G06F12/0866 ,  G06F2212/213 ,  G06F2212/224

摘要： Provided are techniques for cancellation of premigration of a member in a chain. A set of premigration messages are received, wherein a separate premigration message is received for each logical volume in a chain of logical volumes. While processing the premigration messages in order of receipt of each of the premigration messages, a cancel message indicating that premigration of a logical volume in the chain is to be cancelled is received. In response to determining that the logical volume whose premigration is to be cancelled has not already been transferred to physical storage media, premigration of the logical volume is cancelled by removing a premigration message for that logical volume from the set of premigration messages and premigration of each other logical volume in the chain of logical volumes is continued in order of receipt.

摘要翻译： 提供了用于取消链中成员的预迁移的技术。 接收一组预迁移消息，其中为逻辑卷链中的每个逻辑卷接收单独的预迁移消息。 在接收到每个预迁移消息的顺序处理预迁移消息的同时，接收到指示链中的逻辑卷的预迁移被取消的取消消息。 响应于确定要取消其预迁移的逻辑卷尚未被转移到物理存储介质，则通过从该组预迁移消息中删除该逻辑卷的预迁移消息和每个预迁移消息的预迁移来消除逻辑卷的预迁移 逻辑卷链中的其他逻辑卷按照接收的顺序继续。

公开(公告)号：US20090083346A1

公开(公告)日：2009-03-26

申请号：US11860367

申请日：2007-09-24

申请人： Cheryl Marie Friauf ,  Norie Iwasaki ,  Yuuji Kibuse ,  Gregory Tad Kishi ,  Koichi Masuda

发明人： Cheryl Marie Friauf ,  Norie Iwasaki ,  Yuuji Kibuse ,  Gregory Tad Kishi ,  Koichi Masuda

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F3/0664 ,  G06F3/061 ,  G06F3/0647 ,  G06F3/0686

摘要： Provided are techniques for cancellation of premigration of a member in a chain. A set of premigration messages are received, wherein a separate premigration message is received for each logical volume in a chain of logical volumes. While processing the premigration messages in order of receipt of each of the premigration messages, a cancel message indicating that premigration of a logical volume in the chain is to be cancelled is received. In response to determining that the logical volume whose premigration is to be cancelled has not already been transferred to physical storage media, premigration of the logical volume is cancelled by removing a premigration message for that logical volume from the set of premigration messages and premigration of each other logical volume in the chain of logical volumes is continued in order of receipt.

公开(公告)号：US07487288B2

公开(公告)日：2009-02-03

申请号：US10845699

申请日：2004-05-14

申请人： Gregory Tad Kishi ,  Jonathan Wayne Peake

发明人： Gregory Tad Kishi ,  Jonathan Wayne Peake

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0664 ,  G06F3/0607 ,  G06F3/0632 ,  G06F3/0682

摘要： Disclosed are a system, a method, and article of manufacture to provide for obtaining data storage device specific information from a data storage device using standard read/write commands. This method uses a host application to write a unique sequence of records to a logical volume of the data storage device. The data storage device detects the unique sequence of records for the logical volume and writes device specific information to the logical volume allowing the host application the ability to read the data storage device specific information using a read command for the logical volume.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于使用标准读/写命令从数据存储设备获得数据存储设备特定信息的系统，方法和制品。 该方法使用主机应用程序将唯一的记录序列写入数据存储设备的逻辑卷。 数据存储设备检测逻辑卷的唯一的记录序列，并将设备特定信息写入逻辑卷，允许主机应用程序使用逻辑卷的读取命令读取数据存储设备的特定信息。

公开(公告)号：US07478216B2

公开(公告)日：2009-01-13

申请号：US11245276

申请日：2005-10-06

申请人： Wayne Charles Carlson ,  Kevin Lee Gibble ,  Gregory Tad Kishi

发明人： Wayne Charles Carlson ,  Kevin Lee Gibble ,  Gregory Tad Kishi

IPC分类号： G06F13/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0605 ,  G06F3/0647 ,  G06F3/0686 ,  Y10S707/99953 ,  Y10S707/99956

摘要： Provided are a method, system and article of manufacture for return processing in storage pools. A plurality of physical volumes are allocated to a first storage pool. A determination is made whether the first storage pool has more than a threshold number of empty physical volumes. If the first storage pool has more than the threshold number of empty physical volumes, then at least one empty physical volume is returned to a second storage pool.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于存储池中的返回处理的方法，系统和制品。 多个物理卷被分配给第一存储池。 确定第一个存储池是否具有超过阈值数量的空物理卷。 如果第一个存储池具有超过空的物理卷的阈值数量，则至少一个空的物理卷将返回到第二个存储池。

公开(公告)号：US07080277B2

公开(公告)日：2006-07-18

申请号：US10231359

申请日：2002-08-29

申请人： Josephina Anna ,  Kevin Lee Gibble ,  Gregory Tad Kishi

发明人： Josephina Anna ,  Kevin Lee Gibble ,  Gregory Tad Kishi

IPC分类号： G06F11/00

CPC分类号： G06F11/1469 ,  G06F11/1456

摘要： A system, apparatus, and method to recover a logical volume on a physical volume, or data storage cartridge, within a dual copy data storage system, such as a virtual tape server (VTS) system. Such recovery follows a disaster situation involving a primary copy of the requested logical volume. The system, apparatus, and method include modules and steps as required to recover a logical volume, or data file or block, through manipulation and swapping of record files, or stubs, that point to primary and secondary copies of a logical volume. Such primary and secondary logical volumes are stored on distinct physical volumes in order to provide quality storage media management and reduce the likelihood of loss of data. The recovery and swapping procedures are implemented in a manner that is substantially transparent to a host or client requires no additional input from the host or client

摘要翻译： 用于恢复双复制数据存储系统（例如虚拟磁带服务器（VTS））系统内的物理卷或数据存储盒上的逻辑卷的系统，装置和方法。 这种恢复遵循涉及所请求的逻辑卷的主副本的灾难情况。 系统，装置和方法包括通过操纵和交换指向逻辑卷的主副本的记录文件或存根来恢复逻辑卷或数据文件或块所需的模块和步骤。 这样的主逻辑卷和辅助逻辑卷被存储在不同的物理卷上，以便提供优质的存储介质管理并减少丢失数据的可能性。 恢复和交换过程以对于主机或客户端基本透明的方式来实现，不需要来自主机或客户端的额外输入

公开(公告)号：US06954768B2

公开(公告)日：2005-10-11

申请号：US10230639

申请日：2002-08-29

申请人： Wayne Charles Carlson ,  James Arthur Fisher ,  Kevin Lee Gibble ,  Gregory Tad Kishi

发明人： Wayne Charles Carlson ,  James Arthur Fisher ,  Kevin Lee Gibble ,  Gregory Tad Kishi

IPC分类号： G06F3/06 ,  G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0605 ,  G06F3/0631 ,  G06F3/0686 ,  Y10S707/99956

摘要： Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for pooling of storage. Volume attributes are assigned to a plurality of physical volumes. Pool attributes are assigned to a plurality of storage pools, wherein the pool attributes include policies for borrowing and returning the plurality of physical volumes to and from the plurality of storage pools. One of the plurality of physical volumes is allocated to one of the plurality of storage pools based on the volume attributes of the one of the plurality of physical volumes and the pool attributes of the one of the plurality of storage pools.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种储存池的方法，系统和制品。 卷属性分配给多个物理卷。 池属性被分配给多个存储池，其中池属性包括用于借用并将多个物理卷返回到多个存储池并从多个存储池返回的策略。 基于多个物理卷中的一个物理卷的多个属性以及多个存储池中的一个存储池的池属性，将多个物理卷中的一个分配给多个存储池中的一个。

公开(公告)号：US06691137B1

公开(公告)日：2004-02-10

申请号：US09426450

申请日：1999-10-25

申请人： Gregory Tad Kishi

发明人： Gregory Tad Kishi

IPC分类号： G06F1730

CPC分类号： G06F12/0804 ,  G06F12/0866 ,  Y10S707/99954

摘要： A data storage system, employing cache and base storage, assigns an “anywhere” token to each data object received for storage, whether the object is stored in cache or base storage. The anywhere token contains the latest metadata for the data object and includes at least a version code. If a data object is stored in base storage, the data object is assigned a “base” token with the same value as its anywhere token. These “cacading” tokens are available for use in tracking functions such as cache grooming, de-staging data to base storage, and processing cache miss events. All tokens are stored in a token database. For each data object, the token database lists its anywhere token and base token. If the storage system experiences a cache failure, normal storage operations are halted until the cache is repaired. Then, the controller implements a replacement token database. Namely, the controller accesses base storage to retrieve tokens of all data objects lost from cache. Using these base tokens, the controller populates a replacement token database, inserting the retrieved base tokens as both base and anywhere token for each data object lost from cache. Then, the replacement token database is used to the exclusion of the previous token database. With this procedure, the newly created token database accurately represents the contents of tape and cache. This avoids any danger of unknowingly recalling down-level data objects from tape, where their current counterpart data objects were stored on cache but lost in the cache failure.

摘要翻译： 使用高速缓存和基本存储的数据存储系统，无论对象是存储在高速缓存还是基本存储中，都为每个接收的用于存储的数据对象分配“任何地方”令牌。 任意位置令牌包含数据对象的最新元数据，并至少包含一个版本代码。 如果数据对象存储在基本存储器中，数据对象将被分配与其任何位置的令牌相同的“基本”令牌。 这些“cacading”令牌可用于跟踪功能，例如缓存修饰，将数据分离到基本存储，以及处理高速缓存未命中事件。 所有令牌都存储在令牌数据库中。 对于每个数据对象，令牌数据库列出其任何地方的令牌和基础令牌。 如果存储系统遇到高速缓存失败，则停止正常的存储操作，直到缓存被修复。 然后，控制器实现替换令牌数据库。 也就是说，控制器访问基本存储以检索从高速缓存丢失的所有数据对象的标记。 使用这些基本令牌，控制器填充替换令牌数据库，将检索到的基本令牌作为从缓存丢失的每个数据对象的基地址和任何地方令牌插入。 然后，替换令牌数据库用于排除先前的令牌数据库。 通过此过程，新创建的令牌数据库可以准确地表示磁带和缓存的内容。 这避免了不知不觉中从磁带调用低级数据对象的任何危险，其中它们当前的对应数据对象存储在缓存上，但在缓存失败中丢失。

公开(公告)号：US06502165B1

公开(公告)日：2002-12-31

申请号：US09453812

申请日：1999-12-03

申请人： Gregory Tad Kishi ,  Mark A. Reid

发明人： Gregory Tad Kishi ,  Mark A. Reid

IPC分类号： G06F1200

CPC分类号： G06F17/30011 ,  G06F11/1666 ,  G06F11/20

摘要： A data storage library system with a plurality of data storage libraries and at least one director accesses a redundant copy of an identifiable data volume, employing the idle time status of each library to balance the workload. The data volumes may be stored in cache storage and backing storage which have different levels of access speed. A director requests a data volume, and the library controller of each library determines its current idle time status, providing the idle time status to the requesting director when it provides a synchronization token directly associated with the requested data volume. The token indicates the update level and the access level of the data volume in the library. The director, upon determining from the tokens that at least two of the copies of the data volume are at the same fastest available access level, compares the provided idle time status of the libraries storing those copies, and accesses the data volume from the library having the greater idle time status.

摘要翻译： 具有多个数据存储库和至少一个导向器的数据存储库系统访问可识别数据量的冗余副本，采用每个库的空闲时间状态来平衡工作负载。 数据卷可以存储在具有不同级别的访问速度的高速缓存存储和后台存储中。 主管请求数据卷，并且每个库的库控制器确定其当前的空闲时间状态，当提供与请求的数据卷直接相关联的同步令牌时，向请求主管提供空闲时间状态。 令牌表示库中数据卷的更新级别和访问级别。 导演在从令牌确定数据卷的至少两个副本处于相同的最快可用访问级别时，比较存储这些副本的库的提供的空闲时间状态，并从库中访问数据卷， 空闲时间更长的状态。

公开(公告)号：US06304880B1

公开(公告)日：2001-10-16

申请号：US08989501

申请日：1997-12-12

申请人： Gregory Tad Kishi

发明人： Gregory Tad Kishi

IPC分类号： G06F1730

CPC分类号： G06F3/0614 ,  G06F3/0653 ,  G06F3/0664 ,  G06F3/0686 ,  Y10S707/99953

摘要： An automated reclamation scheduling system and method are taught for managing storage reclamation on a virtual tape server. Where reclamation-off times are set by a user, an automated administrator may override the settings depending on the number of scratch tapes that are available. The fewer scratch tapes that remain available, the more frequently storage reclamation will be performed in the reclamation schedule set by the automated administrator.

摘要翻译： 教授了一种自动化回收调度系统和方法来管理虚拟磁带服务器上的存储回收。 在用户设置回收时间的情况下，自动管理员可以根据可用的暂存磁带的数量来覆盖设置。 剩余的可用数量越少，自动管理员设置的回收时间表中将执行更多的存储回收。