Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory – Storage accessing and control – Control technique
Reexamination Certificate
2002-08-29
2008-08-26
Ellis, Kevin (Department: 2187)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory
Storage accessing and control
Control technique
C711S112000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07418562
ABSTRACT:
A method to assign one or more new storage construct names to one or more logical volumes using an operator input station capable of communicating with a virtual tape system, where that virtual tape system includes a plurality of existing logical volumes and a database which includes a plurality of logical volume records. The method first defines one or more new storage construct names, associates one or more storage actions with each of those new storage construct names, and saves the new storage construct names and the associated storage actions in the database. The method then enters, using the operator input station, a range of logical volumes, selects one or more new storage construct names, associates those new storage construct name to the range of logical volumes. The method then determines if the range of logical volumes comprises existing or new logical volumes. If the range of logical volumes comprises existing logical volumes, then the method modifies the logical volume records for that range of logical volumes to include the new storage construct names. If the range of logical volumes comprises new logical volumes, then the method creates new database records for that range of logical volumes comprising the new storage construct name.
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Fisher James A.
Peake Jonathan W.
Ellis Kevin
International Business Machines - Corporation
Quarles & Brady LLP
Regelman Dale F.
Rutz Jared I
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