Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory – Address formation – Address mapping
Reexamination Certificate
2006-08-08
2006-08-08
Tran, Denise (Department: 2185)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory
Address formation
Address mapping
C711S006000, C711S161000, C707S793000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07089395
ABSTRACT:
Computer systems, virtual storage systems, and virtual storage system operational methods are described. According to one aspect, a computer system includes a virtual storage system including a physical storage space, a virtual storage space, and a non-guaranteed available capacity utilized to generate a non-guaranteed snapshot volumes of virtual storage volumes of the virtual storage space, wherein the virtual storage system is configured to monitor the non-guaranteed available capacity and to present a report regarding the non-guaranteed available capacity responsive to the monitoring and a host configured to execute an application wherein generation of a non-guaranteed snapshot volume of at least one of the virtual storage volumes is desired, to access the report to determine the non-guaranteed available capacity, and to issue a request to the virtual storage system to generate the at least one non-guaranteed snapshot volume of the at least one virtual storage volume responsive to the accessing.
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Jacobson Michael B.
Nelson Lee L.
Hewlett--Packard Development Company, L.P.
Tran Denise
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