Patent ID: 7099875
Filing Date: 2006-08-29
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. In a data processing system including first and second storage devices and a host device for generating commands during processing of a host application including a command for initiating the copying of data from storage locations in the first storage device, as a source storage device, to storage locations in the second storage device as a destination storage device, a method responding to the command by copying data from the storage locations in the source storage device to the storage locations in the destination storage device, said method comprising the steps in sequence of: A) establishing an operating environment by identifying storage locations in the source storage device and storage locations in the destination storage device, B) making the identified storage locations in the source and destination storage devices available for use by host applications, and C) copying the data from the storage locations in the source storage device to locations in the destination storage device in an ordered manner including, for each storage location in the source storage device: