Transferring learning metadata between storage servers having clusters via copy services operations on a shared virtual logical unit that stores the learning metadata

A system, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor performs operations, the operations comprising:
• allocating, in a first storage server having a first plurality of clusters, a virtual logical unit to store learning metadata, wherein the learning metadata indicates a type of storage device in which selected data of the first plurality of clusters of the first storage server are stored;
• receiving a copy services command to copy the selected data from the first storage server to a second storage server having a second plurality of clusters;
• copying, via the copy services command, the virtual logical unit that stores the learning metadata, from the first storage server to the second storage server;
• and
• copying selected logical units corresponding to the selected data from the first storage server to the second storage server, and using the learning metadata to place the selected data in the type of storage device indicated by the learning metadata.

A computer program product, the computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code configured to perform operations, the operations comprising:
• allocating, in a first storage server having a first plurality of clusters, a virtual logical unit to store learning metadata, wherein the learning metadata indicates a type of storage device in which selected data of the first plurality of clusters of the first storage server are stored;
• receiving a copy services command to copy the selected data from the first storage server to a second storage server having a second plurality of clusters;
• copying, via the copy services command, the virtual logical unit that stores the learning metadata, from the first storage server to the second storage server;
• and
• copying selected logical units corresponding to the selected data from the first storage server to the second storage server, and using the learning metadata to place the selected data in the type of storage device indicated by the learning metadata.

A method for deploying computing infrastructure, comprising integrating computer-readable code into a computational device, wherein the code in combination with the computational device performs operations, the operations comprising:

• allocating, in a first storage server having a first plurality of clusters, a virtual logical unit to store learning metadata, wherein the learning metadata indicates a type of storage device in which selected data of the first plurality of clusters of the first storage server are stored;
• receiving a copy services command to copy the selected data from the first storage server to a second storage server having a second plurality of clusters;
• copying, via the copy services command, the virtual logical unit that stores the learning metadata, from the first storage server to the second storage server;
• and
• copying selected logical units corresponding to the selected data from the first storage server to the second storage server, and using the learning metadata to place the selected data in the type of storage device indicated by the learning metadata.