Methods, systems, and computer program products for postponing bitmap
transfers and eliminating configuration information transfers during
trespass operations in a disk array environment are disclosed. According
to one method, a clone group is stored on a disk array, the clone group
including a logical unit (LUN) representing a storage partition on the
disk array and a clone of the LUN, the clone being a copy of the data
referenced by the LUN. The clone group is associated with a first storage
processor (SP) for writing data to the disk array. Changes between the
LUN and the clone are tracked by maintaining a data structure indicative
of the changes in a memory associated with the first SP. The association
of the clone group is changed to a second SP for writing data to the disk
array without transferring the data structure to memory associated with
the second SP.