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Error Detection/correction And Fault Detection/recovery > Data Processing System Error Or Fault Handling > Reliability And Availability > Fault Recovery > By Masking Or Reconfiguration > Of Processor > Prepared Backup Processor (e.g., Initializing Cold Backup) Or Updating Backup Processor (e.g., By Checkpoint Message) Prepared Backup Processor (e.g., Initializing Cold Backup) Or Updating Backup Processor (e.g., By Checkpoint Message)Prepared Backup Processor (e.g., Initializing Cold Backup) Or Updating Backup Processor (e.g., By Checkpoint Message) patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.11/08/07 - 20070260916 - System and method for failure recovery in a shared storage system A system and method is disclosed for failure recovery and communications in a shared storage system. The shared storage system includes at least two host nodes, each of which includes two ports. Each of the ports of each of the nodes is coupled to input ports of a storage enclosure. ... 10/04/07 - 20070234116 - Method, apparatus, and computer product for managing operation When a server RM detects a failure in an operating server, a system resource manager selects a substitute server from a pool of a server domain to which a failed server belongs, based on information in a system resource DB, disconnects the failed server from a business network and a ... 10/04/07 - 20070234114 - Method, apparatus, and computer program product for implementing enhanced performance of a computer system with partially degraded hardware Enhanced performance is provided for a computer system with partially degraded hardware. A performance deconfiguration event is identified for a hardware item. The hardware item is marked in a performance deconfiguration state. When there is at least one fully working spare available for the hardware item of the performance deconfiguration ... 09/27/07 - 20070226537 - Isolating a drive from disk array for diagnostic operations A storage system includes a RAID adapter, disk array switches, sub-processors, and hard disk drives (HDDs). The system permits the isolation of a suspected faulty HDD to allow diagnostics to be performed without impacting operation of the rest of the system. Upon detection of a possible fault in a target ... 09/27/07 - 20070226536 - Apparatus, system, and method for information validation in a heirarchical structure An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for validating information in a hierarchical structure of redundant devices. A first plurality of redundant devices is examined to determine if status information residing within each of the redundant devices is consistent with each other. If the status information is inconsistent, the first ... 09/20/07 - 20070220322 - Method for displaying pair state of copy pairs The present invention is to provide a method for displaying a copy pair in which a distinction can be made between change of pair state performed intentionally by a user and change of pair state performed not intentionally by the user. When a backup instruction for PVOL is transmitted from ... 09/20/07 - 20070220321 - Method, apparatus and program product for a point-in-time recovery of a computing system A method for detecting a failure in a computing system and for restoring the system is provided. The method comprises providing a system connected to a network communications channel, creating, using a configured backup automation tool, a full system backup image and incremental archive logs of the system before attempting ... 09/20/07 - 20070220320 - Managing backup solutions with light-weight storage nodes A backup system in accordance with an implementation of the present invention includes one or more light-weight (i.e., stateless) storage nodes that are positioned close enough to one or more assigned production servers to enable as rapid and efficient a data recovery as possible. The one or more light-weight storage ... 09/20/07 - 20070220319 - Automatic classification of backup clients A method of automatically classifying clients into different backup policy groups according to pre-selected criteria, such as type of client, whether the client is a server, a desktop or a mobile computer, the department or business unit, or even the user. The method uses information obtained from the client itself ... 09/20/07 - 20070220318 - Spare device management Provided are techniques for spare device management. Candidate devices are sorted into spare coverage groups by type. One or more candidate devices having closest fitting characteristics of a desired type are identified from the spare coverage groups. The identified one or more candidate devices are assigned to be spare devices ... 09/13/07 - 20070214387 - Controlling method, computer system, and processing program of booting up a computer Respective WWNs (World Wide Names) which can be allocated to a plurality of computers, business application identity information of programs to be booted and area identity information, of areas in a storage system in which the programs are stored, are associated and stored. In response to the entry of a ... 09/13/07 - 20070214385 - Transaction bundling for improved redundancy A method is provided for simplifying maintenance of synchronicity between an active control system and a standby control system. As interdependent software modules on the active control system update stored state information in response to triggering events and actions, the transaction messages for dependent software modules are bundled together and ... 09/13/07 - 20070214384 - Method for backing up data in a clustered file system In a clustered file system or clustered NAS having a single namespace, data backup may be performed with only one backup request from a client host. When a backup request is received at one file server, that file server backs up data, if needed, and sends another backup request to ... 08/09/07 - 20070186127 - Verification of computer backup data A backup method for a computer system network avoids generating hashes from data that may be inaccurate due to network errors affords verification of source data written to backup media includes reading at a network client a portion of the source data from a source storage volume and generating a ... 08/02/07 - 20070180313 - Apparatus for policy based storage of file data and meta-data changes over time A time domain server includes a version storage. The time domain server declares epochs for a source server, then requests events from the source server. As the time domain server receives events, it uses the events to update the version storage to store versions of files from the source server. ... 08/02/07 - 20070180312 - Software duplication In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to a software duplication process in which write faults are used to track memory areas that have been changed by the active processor. ... 08/02/07 - 20070180311 - Redundancy in routing devices Providing redundancy between an active component and a standby component in a network router comprises maintaining a first route input information base associated with the active component, synchronizing with the first route information base a second route input information base associated with the standby component, generating a route output information ... 07/26/07 - 20070174691 - Enterprise service availability through identity preservation Systems and methods are described for service availability that provides automated recovery of server service in a timely and application intelligent manner, maintaining application consistency and integrity, while preserving server identity. The systems and methods, referred to herein as a Service Preservation System (SPS), manage complete recovery of server data ... 07/26/07 - 20070174689 - Computer platform embedded operating system backup switching handling method and system A computer platform embedded operating system backup switching handling method and system is proposed, which is designed for use with a computer platform for providing an embedded operating system backup switching handling function, and which is characterized by the provision of an operating system health status flag for indicating whether ... 07/26/07 - 20070174688 - Method for optimizing the transmission of logging data in a multi-computer environment and a system implementing this method continued execution of the logged process (P1). ... 07/26/07 - 20070174687 - Systems and methods for maintaining lock step operation A system is provided for rapidly synchronizing two or more processing elements in a fault-tolerant computing system. Embodiments of this system allow for the rapid synchronization of two processing elements through partial copies of the contents of memory associate with each processing element. ... 07/26/07 - 20070174686 - Apparatus, system, and method for non-interruptively updating firmware on a redundant hardware controller An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for non-interruptively updating firmware on a redundant hardware controller. The apparatus includes a routing module, a receiving module, and a forwarding module. The routing module routes communications between a redundant hardware controller and a service processor associated with a flash update. The receiving ... 07/19/07 - 20070168716 - Failsoft system for multiple cpu system A cpu-set type multiprocessor system allows a cpu of a cpu-set that has a hardware exception to disable itself and notify the system. The system assigns processes of the cpu-set that include the problem cpu to another cpu-set. The disabling of the problem cpu and transfer of the related processes ... 07/19/07 - 20070168715 - Emergency data preservation services Methods and systems of initiating a data backup process on a computer system are described. One method calls for the data to be backed up to be identified. The computer system is monitored for the occurrence of a backup trigger event. If the trigger occurs, a data backup process is ... 07/19/07 - 20070168714 - Portable computing device with a non-volatile memory drive A portable computing device, in which an internal non-volatile memory drive that is used to boot to a functional device GUI is automatically swapped with a temporary RAM drive if the internal non-volatile memory drive is found to be corrupted. The non-volatile memory is typically Flash memory, but the principle ... 04/19/07 - 20070088980 - Disaster recovery for processing resources using configurable deployment platform A system and method for disaster recovery for processing resources using configurable deployment platform. A primary site has a configuration of processing resources. A specification of the configuration of processing resources of the primary site is generated. The specification is provided to a fail-over site that has a configurable processing ... 04/05/07 - 20070079175 - System, portable electronic apparatus and method for timely receiving and displaying electronic files A portable electronic apparatus for timely receiving and displaying electronic files is provided. An identification code of the electronic file indicates that the electronic file is an instant file or a common file. A receiving unit (21) of the portable electronic apparatus is configured for receiving the electronic file, determining ... 04/05/07 - 20070079174 - System, portable electronic apparatus and method for timely receiving and displaying electronic files A portable electronic apparatus for receiving and displaying electronic files with identification code is provided. The identification code indicates whether the electronic file is an instant file or a common file. The portable electronic apparatus includes a main part, a data storage, and a receiving unit. The main part being ... 11/30/06 - 20060271818 - Data storage system and managing method thereof A method for managing a data storage system is provided. The data storage system includes a primary storage device and a spare storage device. The primary storage device includes a plurality of sections. The method first judges whether the primary storage device conforms to a first standard. Once the judging ... 09/28/06 - 20060218441 - Method for accessing shared memories and multiprocessor system using the method A method for accessing shared memory cards from each of plural processor cards is disclosed. The shared memory cards are composed of a shared memory card of an operating system and a shared memory card of a standby system in a redundant configuration, and each of plural processor cards individually ... 08/24/06 - 20060190766 - Disaster recovery framework A system and method of orchestrating failover operations of servers providing services to an internal computer network includes a DR server configured to execute a control script that performs a failover operation. Information needed to perform the failover operation is stored on the DR server thereby eliminating the need to ... 08/17/06 - 20060184824 - System and method for effectively implementing an immunity mode in an electronic device A system and method for effectively implementing an immunity mode in an electronic device includes a processor module for executing processing tasks for the electronic device. The processor module includes processor information, such as processor states and processor data, for executing the processing tasks. The electronic device also includes a ... 08/10/06 - 20060179346 - Method for checkpointing instruction groups with out-of-order floating point instructions in a multi-threaded processor A method and apparatus are provided for dispatch group checkpointing in a microprocessor, including provisions for handling partially completed dispatch groups and instructions which modify system coherent state prior to completion. An instruction checkpoint retry mechanism is implemented to recover from soft errors in logic. The processor is able to ... 08/03/06 - 20060174159 - Fail-over support for legacy voice mail systems in new world ip pbxs An Integrated Communication System (ICS) with fail-over serial data connectivity is disclosed. In one aspect, an ICS may comprise a chassis including a System Switch Processor (SSP) for providing connectivity to a plurality of slots. A Serial Alarm Processor (SAP) may be operatively coupled to the ICS through one of ... 07/06/06 - 20060150010 - Memory-controller-embedded apparatus and procedure for achieving system-directed checkpointing without operating-system kernel support System-directed checkpointing is enabled in otherwise standard computers through relatively straightforward enhancements to the computer's memory controller. Different embodiments of the invention can be used to support: local and remote post-image checkpointing using a memory-resident address buffer for storing the addresses of modified data blocks, either with or without requiring ... 06/29/06 - 20060143514 - Computer system and method of controlling communication port to prevent computer contamination by virus or malicious code The invention may back up or recover a computing device. The computing device may include a user computing environment and a supporting environment which stabilizes and functionality of the user computing environment. The invention may include one or more external devices or removable media. ... 06/29/06 - 20060143513 - Cache coherency during resynchronization of self-correcting computer A fault-tolerant computer uses multiple commercial processors operating synchronously, i.e., in lock-step. In an exemplary embodiment, redundancy logic isolates the outputs of the processors from other computer components, so that the other components see only majority vote outputs of the processors. Processor resynchronization, initiated at predetermined time, milestones, and/or in ... 06/29/06 - 20060143512 - Checkpoint/resume/restart safe methods in a data processing system to establish, to restore and to release shared memory regions A method is provided in which checkpointing operations are carried out in data processing systems running multiple processes which employ shared memory in a manner which preserves data coherence and integrity but which places no timing restrictions or constraints which require coordination of checkpointing operations. Data structures within local process ... 06/22/06 - 20060136780 - Detecting low-level data corruption Checksum values are used to detect low-level data corruption. I/O operations, such as, for example, read operations and write operations, cause data blocks to pass through a number of low-level drivers when the data blocks are transferred between an operating system and mass storage location. A checksum filter driver intercepts ... 06/01/06 - 20060117220 - System and method for controlling data backup by user authorization The invention is intended to provide a backup control technique for protecting the safety of data stored in a storage system while minimizing the processing load in the storage system. A storage system 10 receives a command from a host computer 50 to write data control limitation data stipulating backup ... 05/25/06 - 20060112309 - Method and apparatus to backup data in a hard disk drive Making backups of active data stored in hard disk drive, by copying one or more disk surfaces within the hard disk drive. The hard disk drives implement the method. The hard disk drive may include more than two disk surfaces. Copying a second disk surface to a first disk surface ... 05/11/06 - 20060101307 - Reconfigurable computing machine and related systems and methods A computing machine comprises an electronic circuit operable to perform a function, a programmable integrated circuit such as an FPGA, and a processor. The processor is operable to detect a failure of the electronic circuit and to configure the programmable integrated circuit to perform the function of the electronic circuit ... 04/20/06 - 20060085679 - Method and system for providing transparent incremental and multiprocess checkpointing to computer applications Incremental single and multiprocess checkpointing and restoration is described, which is transparent in that the application program need not be modified, re-compiled, or re-linked to gain the benefits of the invention. The processes subject to checkpointing can be either single or multi-threaded. The method includes incremental page-boundary checkpointing, as well ... 04/06/06 - 20060075295 - Method of debugging active unit using non-intrusive source-level debugger on standby unit of high availability system A method of debugging an active unit in a computer system having an active unit for routing computer connections and a standby unit configured to route computer connections in the event the active unit fails. The method comprises the standby unit receiving synchronization data from the active unit in the ... 04/06/06 - 20060075294 - Pre-configured backup dvd-rws According to the present invention, there is provided a method for reliably storing data in a computer system. The method includes receiving a piece of data to be stored at a storage system. In addition, the method includes writing a first copy of the data to the storage system according ... 04/06/06 - 20060075293 - Pre-configured backup dvd-rws Automated computer backup to a DVD. A DVD backup disc contains a backup program that executes upon insertion of the DVD in a computer. The DVD is preconfigured with a computer program having computer executable instructions for determining data to be stored. The DVD also contains instructions for transferring the ... 03/16/06 - 20060059384 - Full backup from incremental /differential backups A method for backing up data uses at least one previously stored incremental/differential backup to form a full backup. The use of previously stored backups desirably reduces server overhead during the backup process, so that the amount of server resources that can be allocated to other tasks is enhanced. ... 03/02/06 - 20060048003 - Cost reduction schema for advanced raid algorithms A signal bearing medium tangibly embodying a program of machine-readable instructions executable by a processor to perform operations to read information stored in a storage system. The storage system includes a controller coupled to a plurality of type I performance class disk drives and at least one type II performance ... 03/02/06 - 20060048002 - Apparatus, system, and method for verifying backup data An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for verifying backup data. A storage mapping module maps storage data that is to be backed up to an application module. A storage copy module copies the storage data to a backup copy and a backup copy module copies the backup copy to ... 02/23/06 - 20060041786 - Method of checkpointing parallel processes in execution within plurality of process domains An embodiment of a method of checkpointing parallel processes in execution within a plurality of process domains begins with a step of setting communication rules to stop communication between the process domains. Each process domain comprises an execution environment at a user level for at least one of the parallel ... 02/16/06 - 20060036908 - System for backup storage device selection A method and system for backing up computer data uses a network device to select a storage device in a manner that enhances at least one parameter associated with the backup process. ... 01/26/06 - 20060020854 - Method and apparatus for high-speed network adapter failover A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for facilitating failover between network adapters. A failure of a first network adapter is detected in a device driver layer. In response to detecting the failure, the transmission of data is changed by the device driver layer to a second network adapter. ... 01/26/06 - 20060020853 - Switchover facilitation apparatus and method Upon detecting (62) a degraded operational state, an active service unit can transmit a message (63) to a stand-by service unit. The latter can then prepare to replace (64) the active service unit and indicate its readiness with a corresponding message (65) to the active service unit. The latter can ... 01/19/06 - 20060015773 - System and method for failure recovery and load balancing in a cluster network A system and method for failure recovery in a cluster network is disclosed in which each application of each node of the cluster network is assigned a preferred failover node. The dynamic selection of a preferred failover node for each application is made on the basis of the processor and ... 01/12/06 - 20060010344 - System and method for predictive processor failure recovery A system, method, and computer program product for reporting and recovering from an internal processor error in a multiprocessor system supporting system management mode. In accordance with the method of the present invention one or more replacement agents are allocated such as during system startup within the multiprocessor system. Machine ... 12/29/05 - 20050289391 - Hot standby system Consistency of a shared disk is secured in system switching in a hot standby system. In the standby system in which an active computer and standby computer share the shared disk, when a write I/O request is issued from the active computer, information about a start of the I/O is ... 12/22/05 - 20050283662 - Secure data backup and recovery A technology provides secure data backup and recovery for an electronic device (100) having a device identification (115) that is unique and unalterable. A method of the technology includes identifying (205) backup data (405, 805, 1205) to be backed up, encoding (210) a backup data set by coding the device ... 12/15/05 - 20050278568 - Method and system for high bandwidth fault tolerance in a storage subsystem The present invention is directed to a method and system for high bandwidth fault tolerance in a storage system while the system, maintaining dual parity scheme, may tolerate the failure of more than one disk. An array controller may comprise a parity buffer sufficiently large enough to hold all of ... 12/08/05 - 20050273654 - Minimizing resynchronization time after backup system failures in an appliance-based business continuance architecture A system for minimizing downtime in an appliance-based business continuance architecture is provided. The system includes at least one primary data storage and least one primary host machine. The system includes an intercept agent to intercept primary host machine data requests, and to collect information associated with the intercepted data ... 11/24/05 - 20050262393 - Service redundancy An information processing system is provided. The information processing system comprises: an information processing subsystem including a processor and a processor support chip in data communication therewith. The processor support chip is operable to provide processor support functions for the processor, and comprises a local management entity. The system further ... 11/17/05 - 20050257085 - Apparatus, system, and method for resource group backup An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for automatically backing up a dynamically created resource group. One embodiment of the apparatus includes an event module, a resource group module, and a backup module. The event module receives an event notification of an unanticipated system event, such as a system failure ... 10/13/05 - 20050229036 - Method and system for shadowing information between computing devices A method and system for seamlessly integrating computing devices shadow information between computing devices. The transfer of information proceeds in accordance with user-defined preferences. While a user is interacting with an application on one computing device, the application is shadowed to another computing device. Since the information is shadowed, the ... 10/06/05 - 20050223276 - Method for encoding/decoding a binary signal state in a fault tolerant environment A method for use in a fault tolerant environment for assuring that devices within the environment switch between primary and back-up systems in response to remotely generated control signals. In one embodiment, the inventive system uses a binary code in the form of a pair of different frequency signals, i.e., ... 09/22/05 - 20050210322 - Migrating data between storage volumes Provided are a method, system, and program for migrating data between storage volumes. A source map is provided indicating blocks of data striped across a first plurality of storage units and a destination map is provided indicating blocks of data striped across a second plurality of storage units, wherein data ... 09/22/05 - 20050210321 - Method of balancing work load with prioritized tasks across a multitude of communication ports A processor is used to evaluate information regarding the number, size, and priority level of data transfer requests sent to a plurality of communication ports. Additional information regarding the number, size, and priority level of data requests received by the communication ports from this and other processors is evaluated as ... 09/01/05 - 20050193249 - Back up of network devices A network device selects at least one other network device as its backup and communicates information for use by the backup network device(s) in assuming the role of the network device upon its unavailability. The network device also receives information from at least one network device that has selected it ... 09/01/05 - 20050193248 - Computer system for recovering data based on priority of the data In the present invention, there is provided means which sets priorities of DB data for each management unit, means which copies data from a primary site to a secondary site in an order of the data priorities, and means which, when a disaster has occurred in the primary site and ... 09/01/05 - 20050193247 - Predictive algorithm for load balancing data transfers across components A system, method and computer program product are provided to improve the efficiency of the transmission of consistency groups across multiple storage components by ensuring that volume transactions are evenly allocated among backup components. Each volume is initially assigned to a specified backup component. Once a color period begins, volume ... 09/01/05 - 20050193246 - Method, apparatus and software for preventing switch failures in the presence of faults A switch for transferring data including a master unit. The switch including a plurality of slave units. The switch including a bus through which the master unit communicates with the slave units. The switch including a memory in communication with the master unit having a software program which causes the ... 09/01/05 - 20050193245 - Internet protocol based disaster recovery of a server For disaster recovery of a file server at an active site, the files that define the user environment of the file server are replicated to a virtual server at a disaster recovery site. To switch over user access from the active site to the disaster recovery site, the disaster recovery ... 08/25/05 - 20050188257 - Anomaly notification control in disk array In a storage device incorporating a plurality of kinds of disk drives with different interfaces, the controller performs sparing on a disk drive, whose errors that occur during accesses exceed a predetermined number, by swapping it with a spare disk drive that is prepared beforehand. ... 08/25/05 - 20050188256 - Method and system for data recovery in a continuous data protection system In a continuous data protection system having a primary volume and a secondary volume, a method for data recovery begins by selecting a snapshot of the primary volume to be recovered and a location on which the snapshot is to be loaded. A point in time (PIT) map is created ... 08/11/05 - 20050177768 - Update detection device and update detection program During power-on of a navigation device, a control circuit executes an investigation process for determining whether backup data stored in a memory should be erased. In this investigation process, the control circuit confirms that a first determination or a second determination is affirmed, based on a large volume storage medium ... 08/11/05 - 20050177767 - Backup system and method for tape recording medium On the basis of a priority table in which a plurality of group restoration priorities respectively corresponding to a plurality of element groups are recorded, the priority-based backup part backs up all of the backup object elements belonging to a first element group in a first continuous region which is ... 08/04/05 - 20050172164 - Autonomous fail-over to hot-spare processor using smi A method and system for dynamically replacing a failing processor in a server system configured with IA-32 architecture without requiring hardware changes to the IA-32 architecture or administrative effort. At least one processor of the multiprocessor system (MP) is initially provided as a reserve (or hot-spare) processor that remains in ... 07/21/05 - 20050160314 - Method, system, and product for hierarchical encoding of field replaceable unit service indicators A method, system, and computer program product are disclosed for hierarchically encoding indicators used to identify an instance of a device. Multiple nodes are included. Each node includes an implemented instance of a device. Multiple hierarchical indicators and multiple identity indicators are provided. Each one of the hierarchical indicators is ... 07/21/05 - 20050160313 - Real-time remote backup system and related method A real-time remote backup system and related method used for a network system connecting at least one source computer system and one destination computer system is disclosed. The system includes a loadable kernel module capable of presetting up at least one specific system call in the kernel space of the ... 07/21/05 - 20050160312 - Fault-tolerant computers A method of matching the operations of a primary computer and a backup computer for providing a substitute in the event of a failure of the primary computer is described. The method comprises assigning a unique sequence number to each of a plurality of requests in the order in which ... 06/30/05 - 20050144519 - System and method for filtering write operations to a storage medium containing an operating system image A write filter is used to handle write operations by an operating system of a computing device that has a main storage medium in which the operating system image is stored. The write filter is placed in the operating system to intercept write commands for writing state data into the ... 06/30/05 - 20050144518 - Data backup A system, signal and method for data backup. The method, comprising the steps of: identifying at least one data increment which was previously provided to a subscriber server or generated by a subscriber server and which is to be backed up; checking at least one service provider access server to ... 06/23/05 - 20050138468 - Autonomic rollback An autonomic rollback system. An autonomic rollback system can include a registry configured to store meta-data specifying a contemporary state of a system of components. The system also can include a backup location configured to store a backup copy of the meta-data in the registry specifying a past state of ... 06/02/05 - 20050120267 - Apparatus, system, and method for maintaining data in a storage array An apparatus, system, and process are disclosed for maintaining data in an electronic storage array during multiple, concurrent drive failures. A first drive failure is recognized and the storage system controller subsequently enters a first operating mode. The storage system controller then recognizes a second drive failure and enters a ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |