Patent ID: 6275910
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A computer program stored on a computer readable storage medium being executed on a computer system having a first computer, a second computer, and a storage subsystem coupled to said first computer through a channel interface and to said second computer through a Small Computer System Interface (SCSI), and storing count-key-data format data, said computer program comprising:a first program code portion, executed on said first computer, for preparing dataset managing information which includes a dataset location address corresponding to a dataset name of the count-key-data format data, wherein said dataset location address is in a count-key-data format; anda second program code portion, executed on said second computer, responsive to an access request from an application program identifying a dataset name, for generating a block address from a dataset location address based on the dataset managing information, wherein the dataset location address corresponds to the dataset name identified by the disk access request, and for accessing said storage subsystem through the SCSI using the block address.