Granted Patent B2

US 9,582,381 · App. 14/302,851 · Granted Feb 28, 2017

Inventors: James R Malnati (Stillwater, MN); Robert Jamieson (Kuala Lumpur, MY)

Assignee: Unisys Corporation

G06F11/2035G06F11/142G06F11/2023G06F11/1417

Abstract

Claims (49)

1. A method, comprising:

initiating a disaster recovery sequence on two or more processors, wherein the disaster recovery sequence comprises a plurality of subsequences;

implementing the disaster recovery sequence on the two or more processors in parallel, wherein one or more subsequences of the disaster recovery sequence are implemented on the two or more processors in parallel;

performing a first subsequence for stopping a partition;

performing a second subsequence for deactivating a partition;

performing a third subsequence for activating a partition;

performing a fourth subsequence for starting a partition;

performing a fifth subsequence for booting a partition; and

implementing a subsequence for mounting boot tapes in parallel using an automated virtual tape library; and

implementing a subsequence for splitting Site Remote Data Facility volumes in parallel;

wherein the step of implementing the disaster recovery sequence comprises repurposing at least one server partition from a first configuration to a second configuration upon completion of the disaster recovery sequence; and

wherein one or more subsequences are combined to create a combined subsequence that is implemented on the two or more processors in parallel.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first configuration comprises at least one of a development configuration and a testing configuration and the second configuration comprises a production configuration.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising tracking the status of the disaster recovery sequence graphically.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving input at an interface to initiate the disaster recovery sequence.

5. A computer program product, comprising:

a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising code to perform the steps of:

initiating a disaster recovery sequence on two or more processors, wherein the disaster recovery sequence comprises a plurality of subsequences;

implementing the disaster recovery sequence on the two or more processors in parallel, wherein one or more subsequences of the disaster recovery sequence are implemented on the two or more processors in parallel;

performing a first subsequence for stopping a partition;

performing a second subsequence for deactivating a partition;

performing a third subsequence for activating a partition;

performing a fourth subsequence for starting a partition; and

performing a fifth subsequence for booting a partition; and

implementing a subsequence for mounting boot tapes in parallel using an automated virtual library; and

implementing a subsequence for splitting Site Remote Data Facility volumes in parallel;

wherein the step of implementing the disaster recovery sequence comprises repurposing at least one server partition from a first configuration to a second configuration upon completion of the disaster recovery sequence; and

wherein one or more subsequences are combined to create a combined subsequence that is implemented on the two or more processors in parallel.

6. The computer program product of claim 5 , wherein the first configuration comprises at least one of a development configuration and a testing configuration and the second configuration comprises a production configuration.

7. The computer program product of claim 5 , wherein the medium further comprises code to perform the step of tracking the status of the disaster recovery sequence graphically.

8. The computer program product of claim 5 , wherein the medium further comprises code to perform the step of receiving input at an interface to initiate the disaster recovery sequence.

9. An apparatus, comprising:

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory,the processor configured to execute the steps of:

initiating a disaster recovery sequence on two or more processors, wherein the disaster recovery sequence comprises a plurality of subsequences;

implementing the disaster recovery sequence on the two or more processors in parallel, wherein one or more subsequences of the disaster recovery sequence are implemented on the two or more processors in parallel;

performing a first subsequence for stopping a partition;

performing a second subsequence for deactivating a partition;

performing a third subsequence for activating a partition;

performing a fourth subsequence for starting a partition; and

performing a fifth subsequence for booting a partition; and

implementing a subsequence for mounting boot tapes in parallel using an automated virtual tape library; and

implementing a subsequence for splitting Site Remote Data Facility volumes in parallel;

wherein the step of implementing disaster recovery sequence comprises repurposing at least one server partition from a first configuration to a second configuration upon completion of the disaster recovery sequence; and

wherein one or more subsequences are combined to create a combined subsequence that is implemented on the two or more processors in parallel.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the first configuration comprises at least one of a development configuration and a testing configuration and the second configuration comprises a production configuration.

11. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform the steps of:

tracking the status of the disaster recovery sequence graphically; and

receiving input at an interface to initiate the disaster recovery sequence.

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