Data migration with source device reuse

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8990527-B1
Application number	US-82443007-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Jun 29, 2007
Priority date	Jun 29, 2007
Publication date	Mar 24, 2015
Grant date	Mar 24, 2015

Abstract

Releasing a data set at a source device in connection with migrating data from the source device to a target device includes mapping application address space to address space containing metadata for the target device and providing additional local metadata therefor, replacing within the application the address of metadata for the source device with the address of metadata for the target device, setting a diversion flag that is part of the additional local metadata, where the diversion flag indicates a remapping of extent, and closing and unallocating the data set at the source device. Releasing a data set at a source device in connection with migrating data from the source device to a target device may also include determining if an application uses standard I/O operations. The metadata may include UCB data.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of releasing a data set at a source device in connection with migrating data from the source device to a target device, the method comprising:
mapping application address space to address space containing metadata for the target device and providing additional local metadata therefor;
migrating the data from the source device to the target device;
replacing within the application the address of metadata for the source device with the address of metadata for the target device;
setting a diversion flag that is part of the additional local metadata, wherein the diversion flag indicates a remapping of extents, wherein, before replacing within the application the address of metadata for the source device with the address of metadata for the target device, input/output (I/O) operations of the application are diverted from the source device to the target device based on the diversion flag without disrupting the application, wherein the diversion flag is located in a data structure provided with private address space storage of the application that is mapped to a host memory page corresponding to the data that allows the diversion flag of the data structure to be located when the data is referenced, and wherein, after migrating the data and after replacing within the application the address of metadata for the source device with the address of metadata for the target device, the diversion flag is cleared and the data set at the source device is released without the application having to terminate; and
closing and unallocating the data set at the source device, wherein the closing and unallocating of the data set are performed without the application having to terminate, and wherein memory space at the source device used for the data set is made available for reuse without the application having to terminate.

2. A method, according to claim 1 , further comprising:
determining if the application uses standard input/output (I/O) operations.

3. A method, according to claim 1 , wherein the metadata includes unit control block (UCB) data.

4. A method, according to claim 1 , wherein, in response to the diversion flag being set, extents for the source device are remapped to extents for the target device prior to an input/output (I/O) operation.

5. A method, according to claim 1 , further comprising:
replacing instances of extents for the source device with extents for the target device.

6. A method, according to claim 5 , further comprising:
after a predetermined amount time without use of the extents for the source device, clearing the diversion flag.

7. A method, according to claim 5 , wherein a unit control block (UCB) for the source device is maintained until all diversion flags for data sets thereon are closed.

8. A method, according to claim 5 , wherein replacing instances of extents for the source device with extents for the target device is performed in response to an extents inquiry.

9. A method, according to claim 1 , wherein the additional local metadata includes an address of a unit control block (UCB) for the source device, an address of a unit control block (UCB) for the target device, and an offset within the mapped application address space of the unit control block (UCB) of the target device.

10. A method, according to claim 1 , wherein the additional local metadata is provided immediately following the application address space mapped to the address space containing metadata.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing software that releases a data set at a source device in connection with migrating data from the source device to a target device, the software comprising:
executable code that maps application address space to address space containing metadata for the target device and provides additional local metadata therefor;
executable code that replaces within the application the address of metadata for the source device with the address of metadata for the target device;
executable code that migrates the data from the source device to the target device;
executable code that sets a diversion flag that is part of the additional local metadata, wherein the diversion flag indicates a remapping of extents, wherein, before replacing within the application the address of metadata for the source device with the address of metadata for the target device, input/output (I/O) operations of the application are diverted from the source device to the target device based on the diversion flag without disrupting the application, wherein the diversion flag is located in a data structure provided with private address space storage of the application that is mapped to a host memory page corresponding to the data that allows the diversion flag of the data structure to be located when the data is referenced, and wherein, after migrating the data and after replacing within the application the address of metadata for the source device with the address of metadata for the target device, the diversion flag is cleared and the data set at the source device is released without the application having to terminate; and
executable code that closes and unallocates the data set at the source device, wherein the closing and unallocating of the data set are performed without the application having to terminate, and wherein memory space at the source device used for the data set is made available for reuse without the application having to terminate.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 11 , wherein the software further comprises:
executable code that determines if an application uses standard input/output (I/O) operations.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 11 , wherein the metadata includes unit control block (UCB) data.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 11 , wherein, in response to the diversion flag being set, extents for the source device are remapped to extents for the target device prior to an input/output (I/O) operation.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 11 , wherein the software further comprises:
executable code that replaces instances of extents for the source device with extents for the target device.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 15 , wherein the software further comprises:
executable code that clears the diversion flag after a predetermined amount time without use of the extents for the source device.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 15 , wherein a unit control block (UCB) for the source device is maintained until all diversion flags for data sets thereon are closed.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 15 , wherein executable code replaces instances of extents for the source device with extents for the target device in response to an extents inquiry.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 11 , wherein the additional local metadata includes an address of a unit control block (UCB) for the source device, an address of a unit control block (UCB) for the target device, and an offset within the mapped application address space of the unit control block (UCB) of the target device.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 11 , wherein the additional local metadata is provided immediately following the application address space mapped to the address space containing metadata.

Assignees

• Linstead Paul
• Emc Corp

Inventors

• Linstead Paul

Classifications

• G06F3/067

  Distributed or networked storage systems, e.g. storage area networks [SAN], network attached storage [NAS] · CPC title

• G06F3/0617 Primary

  in relation to availability · CPC title

• G06F3/0647 Primary

  Migration mechanisms · CPC title

• G06F3/0689

  Disk arrays, e.g. RAID, JBOD · CPC title