Patents by Inventor John F. Betz
John F. Betz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 9983917Abstract: Communicating with a logical partition of a computing system based on a separate logical partition in which each of one or more computing systems includes a central electronics complex (CEC) capable of concurrently operating multiple logical partitions, each CEC includes a support element (SE), in which the SE includes access to memory locations of each of the multiple logical partitions within memory of the CEC, and the SE has a mapping of the memory locations for each of the multiple logical partitions. A request to retrieve data from the memory of a logical partition with an operational condition is detected. The request is transferred to an SE interface which enables remote access to the logical partition with the operational condition, and in response to receiving the data, the data that includes the operations status from the memory location of the logical partition is displayed.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2015Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: John F. Betz, Joel A. Bogart, Charles E. Haight, III, Daniel G. Mackoway, Timothy W. Morrell, Thomas H. Rose
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Patent number: 9864650Abstract: Communicating with a logical partition of a computing system based on a separate logical partition in which each of one or more computing systems includes a central electronics complex (CEC) capable of concurrently operating multiple logical partitions, each CEC includes a support element (SE), in which the SE includes access to memory locations of each of the multiple logical partitions within memory of the CEC, and the SE has a mapping of the memory locations for each of the multiple logical partitions. A request to retrieve data from the memory of a logical partition with an operational condition is detected. The request is transferred to an SE interface which enables remote access to the logical partition with the operational condition, and in response to receiving the data, the data that includes the operations status from the memory location of the logical partition is displayed.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2017Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: John F. Betz, Joel A. Bogart, Charles E. Haight, III, Daniel G. Mackoway, Timothy W. Morrell, Thomas H. Rose
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Patent number: 9852020Abstract: Communicating with a logical partition of a computing system based on a separate logical partition in which each of one or more computing systems includes a central electronics complex (CEC) capable of concurrently operating multiple logical partitions, each CEC includes a support element (SE), in which the SE includes access to memory locations of each of the multiple logical partitions within memory of the CEC, and the SE has a mapping of the memory locations for each of the multiple logical partitions. A request to retrieve data from the memory of a logical partition with an operational condition is detected. The request is transferred to an SE interface which enables remote access to the logical partition with the operational condition, and in response to receiving the data, the data that includes the operations status from the memory location of the logical partition is displayed.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2017Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: John F. Betz, Joel A. Bogart, Charles E. Haight, III, Daniel G. Mackoway, Timothy W. Morrell, Thomas H. Rose
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Publication number: 20170153964Abstract: Communicating with a logical partition of a computing system based on a separate logical partition in which each of one or more computing systems includes a central electronics complex (CEC) capable of concurrently operating multiple logical partitions, each CEC includes a support element (SE), in which the SE includes access to memory locations of each of the multiple logical partitions within memory of the CEC, and the SE has a mapping of the memory locations for each of the multiple logical partitions. A request to retrieve data from the memory of a logical partition with an operational condition is detected. The request is transferred to an SE interface which enables remote access to the logical partition with the operational condition, and in response to receiving the data, the data that includes the operations status from the memory location of the logical partition is displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2017Publication date: June 1, 2017Inventors: John F. Betz, Joel A. Bogart, Charles E. Haight, III, Daniel G. Mackoway, Timothy W. Morrell, Thomas H. Rose
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Publication number: 20170153934Abstract: Communicating with a logical partition of a computing system based on a separate logical partition in which each of one or more computing systems includes a central electronics complex (CEC) capable of concurrently operating multiple logical partitions, each CEC includes a support element (SE), in which the SE includes access to memory locations of each of the multiple logical partitions within memory of the CEC, and the SE has a mapping of the memory locations for each of the multiple logical partitions. A request to retrieve data from the memory of a logical partition with an operational condition is detected. The request is transferred to an SE interface which enables remote access to the logical partition with the operational condition, and in response to receiving the data, the data that includes the operations status from the memory location of the logical partition is displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2015Publication date: June 1, 2017Inventors: John F. Betz, Joel A. Bogart, Charles E. Haight, III, Daniel G. Mackoway, Timothy W. Morrell, Thomas H. Rose
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Patent number: 9582352Abstract: Communicating with a logical partition of a computing system based on a separate logical partition in which each of one or more computing systems includes a central electronics complex (CEC) capable of concurrently operating multiple logical partitions, each CEC includes a support element (SE), in which the SE includes access to memory locations of each of the multiple logical partitions within memory of the CEC, and the SE has a mapping of the memory locations for each of the multiple logical partitions. A request to retrieve data from the memory of a logical partition with an operational condition is detected. The request is transferred to an SE interface which enables remote access to the logical partition with the operational condition, and in response to receiving the data, the data that includes the operations status from the memory location of the logical partition is displayed.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2016Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: John F. Betz, Joel A. Bogart, Charles E. Haight, III, Daniel G. Mackoway, Timothy W. Morrell, Thomas H. Rose
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Patent number: 8516173Abstract: A method for swapping peer-to-peer remote copy (PPRC) secondary device definitions from a subchannel set other than zero to subchannel set zero by the utilization of control block-field manipulation includes identifying a PPRC primary and secondary device pair, wherein a PPRC primary device definition resides at subchannel set zero and the PPRC secondary device definition resides at a subchannel set other than subchannel set zero; within operating system definitions of the PPRC pair, exchanging physical information associated with the PPRC primary and secondary devices, including pathing, node descriptor, device number, and a field cross referencing device numbers of the PPRC pair; and within channel subsystem definitions of the PPRC primary and secondary devices, via a SwapSubchannel instruction, exchanging physical information, including path and control unit information while retaining a subchannel identifier, a subchannel set identifier, and a subchannel interruption parameter pointing to the operating syType: GrantFiled: July 28, 2008Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: John F. Betz, Harry M. Yudenfriend
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Patent number: 8307129Abstract: Exemplary embodiments relate to a method for swapping PPRC secondary device definitions from a subchannel set other than zero to subchannel set zero. The method comprises identifying a PPRC primary and secondary device, wherein the PPRC primary device definitions reside at subchannel set zero and the PPRC secondary device definitions reside at a subchannel set other than subchannel set zero, initiating a PPRC device definition substitution operation to substitute the PPRC primary device definitions within the subchannel set where the PPRC secondary device definition resides and substitute the PPRC secondary device definitions within the subchannel set where the PPRC primary device definitions resides, storing the control block information for each PPRC device whose device definitions are to be substituted, and storing the PPRC primary device definitions within the subchannel set where the PPRC secondary device definition resides and storing the PPRC secondary device definitions within subchannel set zero.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2008Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: John F. Betz, Harry M. Yudenfriend
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Patent number: 7761610Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present invention define PPRC devices within subchannel sets other than subchannel set zero. Further, for all PPRC paired n devices an additional N/2 PPRC primary device numbers and subchannels are provided within subchannel set zero by moving PPRC secondary devices to any subchannel set other than subchannel set zero.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2008Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: John F. Betz, Scott B. Compton, Craig D. Norberg, Dale F. Riedy, Harry M. Yudenfriend
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Publication number: 20100023647Abstract: A method for swapping peer-to-peer remote copy (PPRC) secondary device definitions from a subchannel set other than zero to subchannel set zero by the utilization of control block-field manipulation includes identifying a PPRC primary and secondary device pair, wherein a PPRC primary device definition resides at subchannel set zero and the PPRC secondary device definition resides at a subchannel set other than subchannel set zero; within operating system definitions of the PPRC pair, exchanging physical information associated with the PPRC primary and secondary devices, including pathing, node descriptor, device number, and a field cross referencing device numbers of the PPRC pair; and within channel subsystem definitions of the PPRC primary and secondary devices, via a SwapSubchannel instruction, exchanging physical information, including path and control unit information while retaining a subchannel identifier, a subchannel set identifier, and a subchannel interruption parameter pointing to the operating syType: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2008Publication date: January 28, 2010Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: John F. Betz, Harry M. Yudenfriend
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Publication number: 20090193292Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present invention define PPRC devices within subchannel sets other than subchannel set zero. Further, for all PPRC paired n devices an additional N/2 PPRC primary device numbers and subchannels are provided within subchannel set zero by moving PPRC secondary devices to any subchannel set other than subchannel set zero.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2008Publication date: July 30, 2009Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: John F. Betz, Scott B. Compton, Craig D. Norberg, Dale F. Riedy, JR., Harry M. Yudenfriend
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Publication number: 20090182996Abstract: Exemplary embodiments relate to a method for swapping PPRC secondary device definitions from a subchannel set other than zero to subchannel set zero. The method comprises identifying a PPRC primary and secondary device, wherein the PPRC primary device definitions reside at subchannel set zero and the PPRC secondary device definitions reside at a subchannel set other than subchannel set zero, initiating a PPRC device definition substitution operation to substitute the PPRC primary device definitions within the subchannel set where the PPRC secondary device definition resides and substitute the PPRC secondary device definitions within the subchannel set where the PPRC primary device definitions resides, storing the control block information for each PPRC device whose device definitions are to be substituted, and storing the PPRC primary device definitions within the subchannel set where the PPRC secondary device definition resides and storing the PPRC secondary device definitions within subchannel set zero.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2008Publication date: July 16, 2009Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: John F. Betz, Harry M. Yudenfriend
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Patent number: 5388254Abstract: An I/O request time limit value is set in a request-based, device-based, data-set-based, or workload-based time limit field, for transactions performing I/O operations to I/O devices in a data processing system. A scan routine compares the total time for the I/O request (including waiting time and retry time) against the appropriate time limit(s), and terminates the I/O request if the time limit is exceeded. If an active I/O request is interrupted as a result of an I/O error, retry is prohibited if the total I/O request time (including retry time) exceeds the appropriate time limit, or is within a threshold value of the appropriate time limit.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 1992Date of Patent: February 7, 1995Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: John F. Betz, Allan S. Meritt, Larry R. Perry, William C. Shepard, Harry M. Yudenfriend