US 7,334,007 B2
Volume migration
Luis Felipe Cabrera, Bellevue, Wash. (US); Catharine van Ingen, Berkeley, Calif. (US); and Norbert P. Kusters, Woodinville, Wash. (US)
Assigned to Microsoft Corporation, Edmond, Wash. (US)
Filed on Dec. 16, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/738,110.
Application 10/738110 is a continuation of application No. 09/451220, filed on Nov. 29, 1999, granted, now 6,684,231, filed on Jan. 27, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2004/0133611 A1, Jul. 08, 2004
Int. Cl. G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 707—204  [707/202] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computerized method comprising:
identifying a first volume, said first volume comprising a set of one or more first volume extents; said first volume extents occupying at least one disk;
adding the at least one disks occupied by the first volume to a platter list;
performing a set of recursive tasks on each disk added to the platter list, said set of tasks comprising:
identifying a second volume comprising a set of one or more second volume extents; said second volume extents occupying the disk and at least one other disk,
adding all the other disks occupied by the second volume to the platter list,
exiting the set of recursive tasks when all the other disks occupied by the second volume are added to the platter list, and
exporting the volumes contained on the disks listed in the platter list.