Patent ID: 11947808
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 6:
7. A computer program product, comprising one or more computer readable storage media, and program instructions collectively stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising instructions configured to cause one or more processors to perform a method comprising:
monitoring, by the one or more processors, a current usage of a backup storage space for a storage volume;
comparing, by the one or more processors, the current usage to a capacity threshold; and
conditionally increasing, by the one or more processors, a size of the backup storage space, based on the comparing and a predetermined size limitation,
wherein monitoring the current usage of the backup storage space includes determining a total number of extent locations within the backup storage space that are currently filled with data backups.