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Title:
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING MULTI-PATH INPUT/OUTPUT USING SCSI-3 DURATION RESERVATION IN NON-OVERLAP CLUSTERING ENVIRONMENT
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3659342
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and a device for providing multi-path input/ output in non-overlap clustering environment.
SOLUTION: Shared non-overlap access to logical volume is provided through a plurality of paths using an SCSI-3 duration reservation command. Open option of an operating system is mapped on the SCSI duration reservation command to register all of a plurality of paths in logical unit numbers of a shared storage system, and a plurality of second paths enable access to the logical unit numbers of the shared storage system after acquiring duration reservation to the shared storage system.


Inventors:
John T. Flein Jr.
Richard H. Johnson
Remy M Shaw
Application Number:
JP2001300535A
Publication Date:
June 15, 2005
Filing Date:
September 28, 2001
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Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MASCHINES CORPORATION
International Classes:
G06F13/00; G06F3/06; G06F11/00; G06F11/20; G06F13/14; (IPC1-7): G06F13/00
Domestic Patent References:
JP11345175A
JP8314843A
JP11306126A
JP6044181A
JP9062452A
JP2000047950A
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hiroshi Sakaguchi
Yoshihiro City