International Business Machines Corporation
PERFORMING A POINT-IN-TIME SNAPSHOT COPY OPERATION WITHIN A DATA CONSISTENCY APPLICATION

Abstract:

A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes identifying data to be transferred as part of a point-in-time snapshot copy operation; setting a data consistency application in an idle state; marking the data while the data consistency application is in the idle state; restarting the data consistency application; identifying, by the data consistency application, the marked data; creating, by the data consistency application, a consistency group including the marked data; and performing replication of the consistency group.