Patents by Inventor Joachim R. Appel

Joachim R. Appel 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).

  • Reducing new extent failures on target device during non-disruptive logical data set migration
    Patent number: 9696930
    Abstract: A method, according to one embodiment, includes selecting a source data set for migration; determining a predicted future total space allocation based on characteristics of the source data set; determining whether a target volume is capable of accommodating the predicted future total space allocation; migrating the source data set to the target volume in response to determining that the target volume is capable of accommodating the predicted future total space allocation; and requesting an adjustment to an amount of reserved free space on the target volume based on the predicted future total space allocation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joachim R. Appel, Daniel K. Billing, John H. Hogan, Stephen A. Maxwell, Richard G. Pace
  • REDUCING NEW EXTENT FAILURES ON TARGET DEVICE DURING NON-DISRUPTIVE LOGICAL DATA SET MIGRATION
    Publication number: 20160364165
    Abstract: A method, according to one embodiment, includes selecting a source data set for migration; determining a predicted future total space allocation based on characteristics of the source data set; determining whether a target volume is capable of accommodating the predicted future total space allocation; migrating the source data set to the target volume in response to determining that the target volume is capable of accommodating the predicted future total space allocation; and requesting an adjustment to an amount of reserved free space on the target volume based on the predicted future total space allocation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Joachim R. Appel, Daniel K. Billing, John H. Hogan, Stephen A. Maxwell, Richard G. Pace