公开(公告)号：US09026751B2

公开(公告)日：2015-05-05

申请号：US12339237

申请日：2008-12-19

申请人： Misako Irisawa ,  Nobuhiro Maki ,  Masayasu Asano ,  Wataru Okada

发明人： Misako Irisawa ,  Nobuhiro Maki ,  Masayasu Asano ,  Wataru Okada

IPC分类号： G06F12/16 ,  G06F11/14 ,  G06F3/06

CPC分类号： G06F11/1464 ,  G06F3/0605 ,  G06F3/0631 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F11/1448 ,  G06F11/1456 ,  G06F11/1458 ,  G06F11/1461 ,  G06F11/1466 ,  G06F11/1469 ,  G06F2201/84 ,  G06F2212/152

摘要： According to the present invention, it is possible to construct a backup configuration of a particular application data, without influencing data of another application. A management computer is coupled to a host computer on which an application operates, and to a storage apparatus that includes a plurality of volume groups each having one or more logical volumes. At least one of the logical volumes is allocated to the application. The management computer includes a volume group overlapping use determination part and a backup policy determination part. When the backup of the volume group to which one logical volume belongs is configured, the volume group overlapping use determination part determines whether there is another application that uses the volume group. The backup policy determination part determines whether there is set, for another volume group, backup policy information same as that set for the application.

摘要翻译： 根据本发明，可以构建特定应用数据的备份配置，而不影响另一应用的数据。 管理计算机耦合到应用操作的主计算机，并且耦合到包括多个卷组的存储设备，每个卷组具有一个或多个逻辑卷。 至少一个逻辑卷被分配给应用程序。 管理计算机包括卷组重叠使用确定部分和备份策略确定部分。 当配置了一个逻辑卷所属的卷组的备份时，卷组重叠使用确定部分确定是否存在使用卷组的其他应用程序。 备份策略确定部分确定对于另一个卷组，是否存在与为应用设置的备份策略信息相同的备份策略信息。

公开(公告)号：US20120331248A1

公开(公告)日：2012-12-27

申请号：US13384960

申请日：2011-06-23

申请人： Misako Kono ,  Nobuhiro Maki ,  Masayasu Asano ,  Junichi Hara

发明人： Misako Kono ,  Nobuhiro Maki ,  Masayasu Asano ,  Junichi Hara

IPC分类号： G06F12/16

CPC分类号： G06F11/1461 ,  G06F3/0619 ,  G06F3/065 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F11/1448 ,  G06F11/1458 ,  G06F2201/815 ,  G06F2201/84

摘要： An embodiment of this invention is a storage management system including a processor and a storage device to manage a storage system having one or more copy functions. The processor locates data designated to determine a backup method. The storage device stores copy function management information on the one or more copy functions of the storage system. The processor refers to the copy function management information to ascertain the unit of copy operation of each of the one or more copy functions. The processor determines a candidate for a copy function of the storage system to be used to back up the designated data depending on the data configuration in a volume holding the designated data and the unit of copy operation of the candidate for the copy function.

摘要翻译： 本发明的一个实施例是一种存储管理系统，包括处理器和存储装置，以管理具有一个或多个复制功能的存储系统。 处理器定位指定的数据以确定备份方法。 存储装置存储关于存储系统的一个或多个复制功能的复制功能管理信息。 处理器是指复制功能管理信息，以确定一个或多个复制功能中的每一个的复制操作的单元。 处理器根据保存指定数据的卷的数据配置和复制功能候选的复制操作的单位来确定要用于备份指定数据的存储系统的复制功能的候选。

公开(公告)号：US08200893B2

公开(公告)日：2012-06-12

申请号：US13194841

申请日：2011-07-29

申请人： Masayasu Asano ,  Hiroshi Nasu ,  Masayuki Yamamoto ,  Nobuhiro Maki

发明人： Masayasu Asano ,  Hiroshi Nasu ,  Masayuki Yamamoto ,  Nobuhiro Maki

IPC分类号： G06F13/00

CPC分类号： G06F12/0246 ,  G06F2212/7201

摘要： An object of the present invention is to provide a storage system and storage management method, which prevent a problem in the operation of stored data from being caused by unknown states of volume information and life information, when flash memories are placed in off-line mode and again placed in on-line mode. According to the present invention, there is provided a storage system 1200 which has flash memories 1300 constituting a storage area and a function of placing and handling the flash memories in off-line mode and on-line mode, and which stores and manages management information of the flash memories in on-line mode, the storage system including: when some or all of the flash memories in on-line mode are placed in off-line mode, creating a management area in off-line mode in the flash memories by moving existing data in an area used as the management area to an area other than the management area; writing the management information of the flash memories to the created management area; and placing the flash memories in off-line mode.

摘要翻译： 本发明的目的是提供一种存储系统和存储管理方法，当闪存被置于离线模式时，防止存储的数据的操作由体积信息和生命信息的未知状态引起的问题 并再次置于在线模式。 根据本发明，提供了一种存储系统1200，其具有构成存储区域的闪速存储器1300和将闪存置于离线模式和在线模式下的功能，并且存储和管理管理信息 存储系统包括：当处于在线模式的闪存中的一些或全部处于离线模式时，通过闪存中的闪存中的离线模式创建管理区域 将用作管理区域的区域中的现有数据移动到管理区域以外的区域; 将闪速存储器的管理信息写入创建的管理区域; 并将闪存置于离线模式。

公开(公告)号：US08019930B2

公开(公告)日：2011-09-13

申请号：US12019049

申请日：2008-01-24

申请人： Masayasu Asano ,  Hiroshi Nasu ,  Masayuki Yamamoto ,  Nobuhiro Maki

发明人： Masayasu Asano ,  Hiroshi Nasu ,  Masayuki Yamamoto ,  Nobuhiro Maki

IPC分类号： G06F13/00

CPC分类号： G06F12/0246 ,  G06F2212/7201

摘要： An object of the present invention is to provide a storage system and storage management method, which prevent a problem in the operation of stored data from being caused by unknown states of volume information and life information, when flash memories are placed in off-line mode and again placed in on-line mode. According to the present invention, there is provided a storage system 1200 which has flash memories 1300 constituting a storage area and a function of placing and handling the flash memories in off-line mode and on-line mode, and which stores and manages management information of the flash memories in on-line mode, the storage system including: when some or all of the flash memories in on-line mode are placed in off-line mode, creating a management area in off-line mode in the flash memories by moving existing data in an area used as the management area to an area other than the management area; writing the management information of the flash memories to the created management area; and placing the flash memories in off-line mode.

摘要翻译： 本发明的目的是提供一种存储系统和存储管理方法，当闪存被置于离线模式时，防止存储的数据的操作由体积信息和生命信息的未知状态引起的问题 并再次置于在线模式。 根据本发明，提供了一种存储系统1200，其具有构成存储区域的闪速存储器1300和具有在离线模式和在线模式下放置和处理闪存的功能，并且存储和管理管理信息 存储系统包括：当处于在线模式的闪存中的一些或全部处于离线模式时，通过闪存中的闪存中的离线模式创建管理区域 将用作管理区域的区域中的现有数据移动到管理区域以外的区域; 将闪速存储器的管理信息写入创建的管理区域; 并将闪存置于离线模式。

公开(公告)号：US20100268903A1

公开(公告)日：2010-10-21

申请号：US12497141

申请日：2009-07-02

申请人： Kenichi KIHARA ,  Masayasu Asano ,  Nobuhiro Maki

发明人： Kenichi KIHARA ,  Masayasu Asano ,  Nobuhiro Maki

IPC分类号： G06F12/14 ,  G06F9/54 ,  G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F21/6218

摘要： The system of the present invention enhances the security of settings and operations in a storage device, and copes with numerous changes of the operational status of work executed within a computer system. When it becomes necessary to issue an operating command to the storage, storage operation propriety is determined on the basis of the operational status of the work and definition of operation permission for each work operation state.

摘要翻译： 本发明的系统增强了存储设备中的设置和操作的安全性，并且处理在计算机系统内执行的工作的操作状态的许多变化。 当需要向存储器发出操作命令时，基于工作的操作状态和每个工作操作状态的操作许可的定义来确定存储操作的适用性。

公开(公告)号：US20100082925A1

公开(公告)日：2010-04-01

申请号：US12339237

申请日：2008-12-19

申请人： Misako Irisawa ,  Nobuhiro Maki ,  Masayasu Asano ,  Wataru Okada

发明人： Misako Irisawa ,  Nobuhiro Maki ,  Masayasu Asano ,  Wataru Okada

IPC分类号： G06F12/16

CPC分类号： G06F11/1464 ,  G06F3/0605 ,  G06F3/0631 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F11/1448 ,  G06F11/1456 ,  G06F11/1458 ,  G06F11/1461 ,  G06F11/1466 ,  G06F11/1469 ,  G06F2201/84 ,  G06F2212/152

摘要： According to the present invention, it is possible to construct a backup configuration of a particular application data, without influencing data of another application. A management computer is coupled to a host computer on which an application operates, and to a storage apparatus that includes a plurality of volume groups each having one or more logical volumes. At least one of the logical volumes is allocated to the application. The management computer includes a volume group overlapping use determination part and a backup policy determination part. When the backup of the volume group to which one logical volume belongs is configured, the volume group overlapping use determination part determines whether there is another application that uses the volume group. The backup policy determination part determines whether there is set, for another volume group, backup policy information same as that set for the application.

摘要翻译： 根据本发明，可以构建特定应用数据的备份配置，而不影响另一应用的数据。 管理计算机耦合到应用操作的主计算机，并且耦合到包括多个卷组的存储设备，每个卷组具有一个或多个逻辑卷。 至少一个逻辑卷被分配给应用程序。 管理计算机包括卷组重叠使用确定部分和备份策略确定部分。 当配置了一个逻辑卷所属的卷组的备份时，卷组重叠使用确定部分确定是否存在使用卷组的其他应用程序。 备份策略确定部分确定对于另一个卷组，是否存在与为应用设置的备份策略信息相同的备份策略信息。

公开(公告)号：US09015412B2

公开(公告)日：2015-04-21

申请号：US13384998

申请日：2011-09-13

申请人： Kyoko Miwa ,  Tsukasa Shibayama ,  Masayasu Asano

发明人： Kyoko Miwa ,  Tsukasa Shibayama ,  Masayasu Asano

IPC分类号： G06F3/06 ,  G06F13/10

CPC分类号： G06F3/061 ,  G06F3/06 ,  G06F3/0649 ,  G06F3/0665 ,  G06F3/0685 ,  G06F3/0689 ,  G06F13/10

摘要： A storage system is configured to manage a pool to which multiple virtual volumes (VVOLs) are associated, assign a real area (RA) from any tier in an available tier pattern associated with a write-destination VVOL to a write-destination virtual area (VA), and carry out a reassignment process for migrating data inside the RA to an RA of a different tier, based on an access status of the RA. A management system is configured to assume a specified tier has been removed from the available tier pattern of a target VVOL, predict performance of all VVOLs associated with the pool to which the target VVOL is associated, determine whether there is a VVOL for which predicted performance is lower than a required performance, and when such a VVOL does not exist, instruct the storage system to remove the specified tier from the available tier pattern of the target VVOL.

摘要翻译： 存储系统被配置为管理与多个虚拟卷（VVOL）相关联的池，将与写目的地VVOL相关联的可用层模式中的任何层的实际区域（RA）分配给写目的地虚拟区域（ VA），并且基于RA的访问状态，执行用于将RA内的数据迁移到不同层的RA的重新分配过程。 管理系统被配置为假设已经从目标VVOL的可用层模式中去除了指定的层，预测与目标VVOL相关联的池相关联的所有VVOL的性能，确定是否存在预测性能的VVOL 低于所需的性能，当这种VVOL不存在时，指示存储系统从目标VVOL的可用层模式中删除指定的层。

公开(公告)号：US08707004B2

公开(公告)日：2014-04-22

申请号：US12731758

申请日：2010-03-25

申请人： Junichi Hara ,  Masayasu Asano

发明人： Junichi Hara ,  Masayasu Asano

IPC分类号： G06F12/02

CPC分类号： G06F3/067 ,  G06F3/0605 ,  G06F3/0631

摘要： In order to properly use resources according to the application or search for available resources in an environment in which a block storage apparatus and a file storage apparatus coexist, knowledge and experience of applications and storage apparatuses, as well manpower were required. Thus, a policy pre-defined with a preferred type of interface and a preferred type of storage area for each type of application that is loaded in the host computers is predetermined, configuration information is collected from each storage apparatus, each intermediate storage apparatus and each host computer, respectively, a combination of a storage apparatus, an intermediate storage apparatus and a host computer that is suitable for the type of application designated by a user is detected based on the collected configuration information of each storage apparatus, each intermediate storage apparatus and each host computer, the policy, and the type of application designated by the user, and the detected combination is presented to the user.

摘要翻译： 为了根据应用正确使用资源或者在块存储装置和文件存储装置共存的环境中搜索可用资源，需要应用和存储装置的知识和经验以及人力。 因此，预先规定了用于主机中加载的每种类型的应用的优选类型的接口和优选类型的存储区域的策略，从每个存储设备，每个中间存储设备和每个中间存储设备收集配置信息 基于每个存储装置的收集的配置信息，每个中间存储装置和第二存储装置，检测适合于用户指定的应用类型的存储装置，中间存储装置和主计算机的组合， 每个主计算机，策略和由用户指定的应用的类型，并且检测到的组合被呈现给用户。

公开(公告)号：US08543786B2

公开(公告)日：2013-09-24

申请号：US13054759

申请日：2010-10-28

申请人： Kenichi Kihara ,  Masayasu Asano ,  Junichi Hara

发明人： Kenichi Kihara ,  Masayasu Asano ,  Junichi Hara

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0665 ,  G06F3/0607 ,  G06F3/0632 ,  G06F3/0644 ,  G06F3/0689

摘要： A computer system of the present invention selects and executes an appropriate action in a case where capacity of a pool that provides a real storage area to a virtual logical volume is insufficient. A management computer determines, based on a utilization status of each pool, whether or not there exists a prescribed pool that requires pool size expansion. The management computer, in a case where the prescribed pool is detected, selects at least any one of a volume addition method for adding an unused real volume to the prescribed pool and a data migration method for migrating data of the virtual logical volume to another pool other than the prescribed pool, and expands a pool size of the prescribed pool in accordance with the selected method.

摘要翻译： 在向虚拟逻辑卷提供实际存储区域的池的容量不足的情况下，本发明的计算机系统选择并执行适当的动作。 管理计算机根据每个池的使用情况来确定是否存在需要池大小扩展的规定池。 管理计算机在检测到规定的池的情况下选择用于将未使用的实际卷添加到规定的池中的体积追加方法中的至少任一个，以及用于将虚拟逻辑卷的数据迁移到另一池的数据迁移方法 除了规定的池，并根据所选择的方法扩展规定池的池大小。

公开(公告)号：US08412908B2

公开(公告)日：2013-04-02

申请号：US13420701

申请日：2012-03-15

申请人： Masayuki Yamamoto ,  Takayuki Nagai ,  Masayasu Asano ,  Yasunori Kaneda

发明人： Masayuki Yamamoto ,  Takayuki Nagai ,  Masayasu Asano ,  Yasunori Kaneda

IPC分类号： G06F12/02

CPC分类号： G06F3/0665 ,  G06F3/0608 ,  G06F3/0631 ,  G06F3/0647 ,  G06F3/067

摘要： A storage system allocates a data storage area in response to an access request from a first computer if the capacity of a first physical storage device configuring a first logical storage area, provided to the first computer, is equal to or lower than a predetermined threshold. The storage system associates the first logical storage area with another physical storage device, which is different from the first physical storage device associated with a second logical storage area provided to the first computer and a second computer, and allocates a data storage area from the another physical storage device if the capacity of the first physical storage device associated with the first logical storage area exceeds the predetermined threshold.