International Business Machines Corporation
MAINTAINING A MEMORY REPLICA OF A PRIMARY COMPUTER SYSTEM

Abstract:

A method for maintaining a memory replica of a primary computer system to be used by an alternate computer system is provided. Provided are detecting changes performed on a memory device of the primary computer system by software executed on the primary computer system. Also provided is monitoring at least one memory controller of the primary computer system; triggering, based on the monitoring, a snapshot creation procedure, the snapshot creation procedure comprising creating a memory snapshot that comprises the detected changes.