Method, system and program for storing and using metadata in multiple storage locations

An article of manufacture comprising at least one of a hardware device having hardware logic and a computer readable storage medium having executable code to communicate with a plurality of storage devices and a system storage and to cause operations to be performed, the operations comprising:

• generating signature data indicating a plurality of metadata copy locations, each location identifying one of a plurality of storage devices and a copy location within the storage device, wherein each location contains one copy of the metadata, wherein the metadata includes system configuration information;
• storing a copy of the signature data with each copy of the metadata;
• and reading one copy of the metadata from one of the storage devices to obtain system configuration information to use to operate.