Copying storage units and related metadata to storage

Details Copying storage units and related metadata to storage Copying storage units and related metadata to storage

2011-01-11

2011-01-11

Bragdon, Reginald G (Department: 2189)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory

Storage accessing and control

Control technique

C711SE12103

Reexamination Certificate

active

07870353

ABSTRACT:
Provided are a method, system, and program for copying storage units and related metadata to storage. A user data storage location includes user data and a metadata storage location includes metadata data for the user data. A first type of copy operation is performed to copy at least one specified storage unit having user data to at least one copy of the at least one specified storage unit. A second type of copy operation is performed to copy metadata for the at least one specified storage unit being copied to a copy of the metadata for the copied at least one file set.

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