Patents by Inventor Bengt E. Larsson

Bengt E. Larsson 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).

  • Establishing copy pairs from primary volumes to secondary volumes in multiple secondary storage systems for a failover session
    Patent number: 9672124
    Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for establishing copy pairs from primary volumes to secondary volumes in multiple secondary storage systems for a failover session. For each of the copy pairs, data is mirrored from the primary storage system to the associated secondary storage system in the copy pair. A failure is detected at the primary storage system. Selection is made of a selected secondary storage system of the secondary storage systems in response to detecting the failure, wherein a plurality of the secondary storage systems are available for selection. The selected secondary storage system is indicated as a new primary storage system to which host requests are directed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: David R. Blea, Susan K. Candelaria, Nicolas M. Clayton, Lisa J. Gundy, Tri M. Hoang, Bengt E. Larsson, William J. Rooney, Michael J. Shannon, Corey G. Smeaton, Warren K. Stanley
  • ESTABLISHING COPY PAIRS FROM PRIMARY VOLUMES TO SECONDARY VOLUMES IN MULTIPLE SECONDARY STORAGE SYSTEMS FOR A FAILOVER SESSION
    Publication number: 20150363286
    Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for establishing copy pairs from primary volumes to secondary volumes in multiple secondary storage systems for a failover session. For each of the copy pairs, data is mirrored from the primary storage system to the associated secondary storage system in the copy pair. A failure is detected at the primary storage system. Selection is made of a selected secondary storage system of the secondary storage systems in response to detecting the failure, wherein a plurality of the secondary storage systems are available for selection. The selected secondary storage system is indicated as a new primary storage system to which host requests are directed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: David R. Blea, Susan K. Candelaria, Nicolas M. Clayton, Lisa J. Gundy, Tri M. Hoang, Bengt E. Larsson, William J. Rooney, Michael J. Shannon, Corey G. Smeaton, Warren K. Stanley