Abstract:
A method for auditing data consistency in an asynchronous data replication environment is disclosed. In one embodiment, such a method includes copying, at a primary storage system, a primary data track and recording a time that the primary data track was copied. The method replicates the primary data track and associated time from the primary storage system to a secondary storage system. The method applies, to a corresponding secondary data track at the secondary storage system, all updates received for the secondary data track that have a timestamp prior to the time. The method then reads the secondary data track at the secondary storage system after the updates have been applied, and compares the secondary data track to the primary data track. If the secondary data track does not match the primary data track, the method records an error. A corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed.
Abstract:
In one embodiment of the present description, mirroring is provided for a pair of storage units in bidirectional synchronous mirror relationships, and a tertiary storage unit. The mirroring includes multi-target mirroring to write updates written to the first storage unit to both the second storage unit and to a third storage unit. Similarly, for updates written to the second storage unit, multi-target mirroring is employed to write those to both the first storage unit and to the third storage unit. Other aspects are described.
Abstract:
A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes receiving indication of a failure event at a primary location having a primary data storage volume. In response to receiving the indication of the failure event, data is restored in a secondary data storage volume located at a secondary location remote from the primary location. The restored data is copied to a supplemental data storage volume. A first set of data updates intended for the primary data storage volume are tracked using the supplemental data storage volume. A second set of data updates performed at the secondary data storage volume are tracked. The second set of tracked data updates is merged with the first set of tracked data updates and transitioned to the primary data storage volume in response to the primary data storage volume becoming available. An instruction is sent to resume data updates at the primary data storage volume.
Abstract:
A method for auditing data consistency in an asynchronous data replication environment is disclosed. In one embodiment, such a method includes copying, at a primary storage system, a primary data track and recording a time that the primary data track was copied. The method replicates the primary data track and associated time from the primary storage system to a secondary storage system. The method applies, to a corresponding secondary data track at the secondary storage system, all updates received for the secondary data track that have a timestamp prior to the time. The method then reads the secondary data track at the secondary storage system after the updates have been applied, and compares the secondary data track to the primary data track. If the secondary data track does not match the primary data track, the method records an error. A corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed.
Abstract:
For asynchronous cleanup after a peer-to-peer remote copy (PPRC) terminate relationship operation in a computing storage environment by a processor device, asynchronously cleaning up a plurality of PPRC modified sectors bitmaps using a PPRC terminate-relationship cleanup operation by throttling a number of tasks performing the PPRC terminate-relationship cleanup operation, and terminating the PPRC relationship by calling a cache to perform a terminate cleanup bind segment scan operation on a plurality of bind segments.
Abstract:
Provided are techniques for local locking in a bi-directional synchronous mirroring environment. In response to receiving a write operation for a block of data on a first volume, a lock is obtained on a corresponding block of data on a second volume to obtain exclusive access to that block of data on the second volume. in response to determining that an active write indicator is set to indicate that there is not an active write on the second volume, updated data for the corresponding block of data is written to cache for the second volume, the lock is released to remove exclusive access to the corresponding block of data on the second volume, and a transfer complete message is sent to the first volume.
Abstract:
A method for managing storage functions in a data replication environment is disclosed. In one embodiment, such a method includes continually monitoring for changes to a storage configuration at a secondary site. Upon detecting changes to the storage configuration at the secondary site, the method transmits remote metadata describing the changes to the primary site and stores the remote metadata at the primary site. The method then initiates a storage management function at the primary site which is mirrored to the secondary site. In order to perform the storage management function, the method reads the remote metadata at the primary site to determine the storage configuration at the secondary site. The method then performs the storage management function at the primary site in a way that takes into account the storage configuration at the secondary site. A corresponding apparatus, system, and computer-readable medium are also disclosed and claimed herein.
Abstract:
For dynamically adjusting write pacing, a calculation module calculates an interval as a maximum threshold for a primary volume divided by a first maximum pacing level for a first importance level. The calculation module further calculates a first pacing level as a number of record sets that have not been mirrored to a secondary volume divided by the interval. The first pacing level is set to the first maximum pacing level if the first pacing level is greater than the first maximum pacing level. The calculation module also selects a first pacing delay associated with the first pacing level from a delay table. A pacing module delays writes for a first channel command word writing to the primary volume by the first pacing delay.
Abstract:
A method for converting from one asynchronous data replication technology to another is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, such a method includes utilizing a first asynchronous data replication technology to asynchronously replicate data from a primary volume to a secondary volume. The method initiates, at time T1, tracking of post-T1 changes to the primary volume and waits for all pre-T1 changes to the primary volume to be propagated to the secondary volume. When all pre-T1 changes have been propagated to the secondary volume, the method suspends operation of the first asynchronous data replication technology and replicates all post-T1 changes from the primary volume to the secondary volume. The method further sets up and initiates a second asynchronous data replication technology to asynchronously replicate data from the primary volume to the secondary volume. A corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed herein.
Abstract:
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for performing a remote point-in-time copy to a source and target storages in further mirror copy relationships. Each of a plurality of source copy relationships is from the source storage to one corresponding source copy storage. Each of a plurality of target copy relationships is from the target storage to one corresponding target copy storage, where in each relationship an indicator indicates whether to use a remote first type copy operation. The first type copy operation is used to copy data from the source storage to the target storage and copy data from the source copy storage to the target copy storage for the determined source and target copy relationships having the indicator set. A second type of copy operations is used for source and target relationships not having the indicator set.