Paul Robledo Garcia

US Patent:

20120102279, Apr 26, 2012

Filed:

Oct 20, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/908284

Inventors:

Juan A. Coronado - Tucson AZ, US
Paul W. Garcia - Tucson AZ, US
Beth A. Peterson - Tucson AZ, US
Xavier E. Somoza - Tucson AZ, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 12/02
G06F 12/16

US Classification:

711162, 711E12002, 711E12103

Abstract:

An apparatus, system, and method for preserving a deleted storage volume. One embodiment of the apparatus includes a receiving module, a reference module, and a preservation module. The receiving module receives a deletion command to delete a data volume managed by a storage controller. The data volume is associated with one or more deletion parameters specifying that data of the data volume is to be preserved upon deletion of the data volume. The reference module references the deletion parameters. The preservation module preserves the data of the data volume prior to the storage controller deleting the data volume. The preservation module preserves the data of the data volume according to the deletion parameters.