Patent ID: 9378154
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A computer program product, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause: enabling, by the processor, a secure reservation mode for a plurality of logical unit numbers of a storage system, the secure reservation mode secure enabling secure persistent reserves to the plurality of logical unit numbers; generating, by the processor, a plurality of secret reservation keys; and instructing, by the processor, a distributed client to utilize at least one of the secret reservation keys to register with the storage system and to issue the secure persistent reserves to the plurality of logical unit numbers; receiving, by the processor from the distributed client, an indication that the secure reservation mode was released; and in response to the indication, disabling the secure reservation mode for the plurality of logical unit numbers.