Patent ID: 7613806
Filing Date: 2009-11-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for managing data that may be replicated from one or more volumes of data that are part of a first volume group on a first computer system having a first internal logical volume, and first filesystem, the method comprising the computer-executed steps of: discovering logical information related to the one or more volumes of data that are part of the first volume group on the first computer system; creating a map of the logical information to physical devices on the first computer system, the map defining a first logical configuration comprising: information providing definition and structured layout of the first volume group, first internal logical volumes and first file system on the first computer system; using the map to create a second volume group on a second computer system where the logical configuration of the second volume group is identical to the first logical configuration of the first volume group, including identical volume layout and file system structure as defined by mapping information originally built on the first computer system; using the map to reconstruct on the second computer system the internal logical volumes and file systems of the first computer system; and mounting a duplicate of the one or more volumes of data of the first computer system to the second volume group of the second computer system.