TEMPORARY VTOC LOCKING DURING DEFRAGMENTATION

Patent №

US 8,438,355

Granted

2013-05-07

Filed 2010

Owner

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

AI components

1

hardware

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

12916312

Various embodiments for defragmentation of a storage volume in a computing storage environment by a processor device are provided. A volume table of contents (VTOC) is serialized for a volume scan operation. At least one dummy data set in the storage volume is allocated, to be subsequently filled with actual data pursuant to a defragmentation operation. The serialization of the VTOC is released, allowing access to the storage volume. Input/output (I/O) operations are allowed to occur.

AI hardwareG06F 12/023G06F 3/0608G06F 3/0644G06F 3/065G06F 3/0674G06F 2206/1004

AI classification

AI hardware0.79
Planning0.01
Knowledge representation0.00
Natural language0.00
Vision0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00
Speech0.00
Machine learning0.00

Ownership

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

assignment · 257890912

Assignors

LEHR, DOUGLAS L., MCCUNE, FRANKLIN E., REED, DAVID C, SMITH, MAX D., LEHR, DOUGLAS L., MCCUNE, FRANKLIN E., REED, DAVID C., SMITH, MAX D.

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