A method and system for transparently recovering from a coupling facility failure
are disclosed. In one method embodiment, the present invention determines, following
the failure of a coupling facility, which data was previously assigned to that
coupling facility. The present embodiment then prevents access to that failed coupling
facility. Next, the present method embodiment selects a new storage location for
the data which was previously assigned to the failed coupling facility. The present
embodiment then assigns the data previously assigned to the failed coupling facility
to a new storage location. In the present invention, the aforementioned steps are
performed without requiring preallocation of white space in an alternate coupling facility.
