Low-overhead storage cluster configuration locking
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsDavid Carr, Michael Jones, Robert Nicholson, William Scales, Barry Whyte
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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsDavid Carr, Michael Jones, Robert Nicholson, William Scales, Barry Whyte
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A storage control apparatus, in communication with a cluster of storage devices in a storage network having plural administrator systems, comprises a cluster lock requester component, a cluster lock receiver component and a configuration component, wherein, responsive to receipt of a cluster lock by said cluster lock receiver component, the configuration component is operable to configure a logical resource object within said cluster. The apparatus may also include a cluster lock granter component operable to grant a cluster lock to the cluster lock receiver component responsive to said cluster lock requester component. A method of operating a storage control apparatus includes method steps corresponding to functional components of an apparatus and may be embodied in computer program codes.
A storage control apparatus, in communication with a cluster of storage devices in a storage network having plural administrator systems, comprising:
A method for operating a storage control apparatus, in communication with a cluster of storage devices in a storage network having plural administrator systems, comprising the steps of:
A computer-readable medium, comprising a computer program product for operating a storage control apparatus, in communication with a cluster of storage devices in a storage network having plural administrator systems, comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.