Patent ID: 9495100
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method for defragmenting volumes in a mirrored system, the method comprising: suspending, by one or more processors, a mirroring of updates from a first set of tracks on a first server to a second set of tracks on a second server; performing, by one or more processors, a defragmentation process on the second server; storing, by one or more processors, a before and after mapping of the second set of tracks, wherein the before and after mapping includes information identifying at least one track of the second set of tracks and a corresponding first location of the respective track before the performing of the defragmentation process and a second location of the respective track after the performing of the defragmentation process; and relocating, by one or more processors, at least one track of the first set of tracks on the first server from a first location on the first server to a second location on the first server according to the stored before and after mapping of the corresponding second set of tracks on the second server.