Patent ID: 7546302

Claim:
A method for performing a sendhome process for give back of resources to a waiting node that has been restored after a takeover of those resources, comprising: identifying by a processor at least one resource previously associated with the waiting node prior to the takeover by consulting an ownership table in an ownership module on at least one node performing the takeover to find at least one ownership attribute about each resource; identifying first a resource that is a root aggregate of the waiting node; reassigning by the processor said root aggregate to said waiting node; determining whether any subsystem on the takeover node vetoes the resource give back; updating a volume location data base entry for each resource sent back to the waiting node to indicate the waiting node as a disk element currently responsible for data access requests directed to data on that resource; sending the at least one resource to said waiting node; and rebooting the waiting node prior to sending any other resources back to said waiting node.