A system and method of managing data movement are provided in which a
processing environment is established in a cluster of nodes. The nodes
have common access to data residing in one or more data storage units. A
data management application (DM) is initiated in the environment. One of
the nodes of the cluster is assigned as a coordinating node for managing
data movement. Thereafter, a worker thread is posted to one or more of
the nodes in the cluster to perform one or more data movement tasks in
response to the event. Preferably, a process session is established in
the cluster. A session identifier and a data management access right are
provided to one or more nodes to permit only the node or nodes having
them to execute the worker thread posted to it.
