Patent ID: 7213029
Filing Date: 2007-05-01
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of quiescing workload in a content manager system having a library server and a resource server, each of said servers including a relational database, said method comprising: 1) introducing a value in a control table said value indicating a time at which workload is to be quiesced; 2) setting a maximum transaction time value limiting a time during which transaction completion and quiescence are determined for a particular transaction; 3) when the maximum transaction time value set in step 2) is reached, each request arriving at the library server is checked to determine if a later incomplete transaction is in progress, 4) resetting the value in the control table when the library server no longer needs to be quiesced at the completion of a backup, the value in the control table, that indicates a time at which the workload is to be quiesced is set to null or to a future time.