Patent ID: 8423734
Filing Date: 2013-04-16
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A data processing system for automatically managing copies of source data volumes, the data processing system comprising: a bus system; a storage device connected to the bus system, wherein the storage device stores a set of instructions; and a processing unit connected to the bus system, wherein the processing unit executes the set of instructions to receive via a communications network a message from a storage subsystem, wherein the message indicates that target volume copies of source volumes are available for access; access the target volume copies of the source volumes using a storage area network in response to receiving the message from the storage subsystem; analyze metadata for the target volume copies; determine whether any of the target volume copies is a boot volume copy based on the analyzed metadata for the target volume copies; direct via the communications network a provisioning agent to provision a new host for the target volume copies in response to a determination that one of the target volume copies is a boot volume copy; direct via the communications network the storage subsystem to present the target volume copies to a storage area network port associated with the new host provisioned for the target volume copies; and direct the provisioning agent to boot the new host provisioned for the target volume copies using the boot volume copy.