Mary J Ng

US Patent:

20100174752, Jul 8, 2010

Filed:

Jan 6, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/349261

Inventors:

Susan M. Kimmel - Wappingers Falls NY, US
Scott T. Marcotte - Poughkeepsie NY, US
Kershaw S. Mehta - Poughkeepsie NY, US
Geoffrey E. Miller - Highland NY, US
Mary NG - Davis CA, US
James M. Showalter - Endwell NY, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707791, 707E17007

Abstract:

A method comprising, sending an instruction from a validator member of a sysplex to a second member of a sysplex to prevent operations that alter a sysplex namespace, determining whether the validator member of the sysplex is communicative with the second member of the sysplex and whether the members of the sysplex retain current sysplex status information, sending an instruction from the validator member to the second member to send a first namespace attribute data associated with the second member to the validator member responsive to determining that the validator member of the sysplex is communicative with the second member of the sysplex and the members of the sysplex retain current sysplex status information, determining whether the first namespace attribute data associated with the second member is consistent with a second namespace attribute data, and sending an instruction to correct the first namespace attribute data.