US 12,105,700 B2
Facilitating concurrent execution of database snapshot requests
Guang Han Sui, Beijing (CN); Jia Tian Zhong, Beijing (CN); and Peng Hui Jiang, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Feb. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/165,441.
Prior Publication US 2024/0264999 A1, Aug. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 16/23 (2019.01); G06F 16/27 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 16/2365 (2019.01) [G06F 16/27 (2019.01); G06F 2201/84 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method of facilitating processing within a computing environment, the computer-implemented method comprising:
obtaining, by a computing device of the computing environment, a snapshot request for a selected database;
taking a snapshot of the selected database, based on obtaining the snapshot request;
recording a snapshot identifier in metadata of the selected database, based on taking the snapshot, the snapshot identifier identifying the snapshot request;
determining that be taking of the snapshot of the selected database is complete; and
removing from the metadata of the selected database the snapshot identifier, based on determining that the taking of the snapshot of the selected database is complete.