公开(公告)号：US07254684B2

公开(公告)日：2007-08-07

申请号：US10801718

申请日：2004-03-17

申请人： Yuri Hiraiwa ,  Taro Inoue ,  Sumio Goto

发明人： Yuri Hiraiwa ,  Taro Inoue ,  Sumio Goto

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/065 ,  G06F3/0617 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F11/2064 ,  G06F11/2071 ,  Y10S707/99952 ,  Y10S707/99953

摘要： When there is a change in a group of volumes managed by a host computer, data duplication processing is immediately carried out against the changed volume. The host computer includes a volume-managing portion, a data duplication-controlling portion which executes the data duplication of data stored in a volume in a main data center, and a data duplication storing portion which stores data necessary for the data duplication. The data duplication-controlling portion compares data held by the volume-managing portion with the data in the data duplication storing portion, and updates the data in the data duplication storing portion based on the data held by the volume-managing portion.

摘要翻译： 当由主机管理的一组卷中发生改变时，立即对变更的卷执行数据复制处理。 主机包括音量管理部分，数据复制控制部分，其执行存储在主数据中心的卷中的数据的数据复制，以及数据复制存储部分，其存储数据复制所需的数据。 数据复制控制部分将由卷管理部分保存的数据与数据复制存储部分中的数据进行比较，并且基于由卷管理部分保存的数据来更新数据复制存储部分中的数据。

公开(公告)号：US20070106855A1

公开(公告)日：2007-05-10

申请号：US11335150

申请日：2006-01-18

申请人： Masaaki Hosouchi ,  Kenichi Oyamada ,  Yuri Hiraiwa

发明人： Masaaki Hosouchi ,  Kenichi Oyamada ,  Yuri Hiraiwa

IPC分类号： G06F12/16

CPC分类号： G06F11/2064 ,  G06F11/2074 ,  G06F2201/855

摘要： This invention relates to data backup and data recovery in a computer system. An outputting unit updates data stored in a first area based on an update request of data from the host computer, a creating unit stores update data for the update request in a second area, a marker processing unit creates a marker containing information of the range, in which the data is stored, and information indicating whether or not the data is allowed to be stored in a third area based on a request of creating the marker from the host computer to store the created marker in the second area, and a reflecting unit refers to the marker, obtains the update data corresponding to the data storing range, which is stored prior to the marker, and reflects the obtained update data to the third area.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及计算机系统中的数据备份和数据恢复。 输出单元基于来自主计算机的数据的更新请求更新存储在第一区域中的数据，创建单元将更新请求的更新数据存储在第二区域中，标记处理单元创建包含范围信息的标记， 其中存储数据，以及指示是否允许数据被存储在第三区域中的信息，该信息是基于从主计算机创建标记的请求将所创建的标记存储在第二区域中的反映单元 是指标记，获取与标记之前存储的对应于数据存储范围的更新数据，并将获得的更新数据反映到第三区域。

公开(公告)号：US20050257015A1

公开(公告)日：2005-11-17

申请号：US10912673

申请日：2004-08-04

申请人： Yuri Hiraiwa ,  Nobuhiro Maki ,  Masahide Sato ,  Katsuhisa Miyata

发明人： Yuri Hiraiwa ,  Nobuhiro Maki ,  Masahide Sato ,  Katsuhisa Miyata

IPC分类号： G06F3/06 ,  G06F12/00 ,  G06F12/16

CPC分类号： G06F3/061 ,  G06F3/0619 ,  G06F3/065 ,  G06F3/0659 ,  G06F3/0683 ,  G06F11/1474 ,  G06F11/2071

摘要： The computer system comprises a first and second computer, at least one first storage system connected to the first computer, and a plurality of second storage systems connected to the second computer as well as being connected to the at least one first storage system. The first computer issues to the first storage system a normal write request and control-use write request stamped with issue time. A control-use write request is issued at periodic intervals. The first storage system receives a write request and transmits the write request as update-data to second storage system in such a way that the issue order is ascertainable. The second storage system receives the update-data and, responsive to a reflect instruction from the second computer, reflects the update-data in storage areas. The second computer acquires the issued times stamped on update-data received by the second storage systems, establishes a standard time on the basis of issue times, and instructs the plurality of second storage systems to reflect the update-data whose issue time is at or prior to the standard time in storage areas.

摘要翻译： 计算机系统包括第一和第二计算机，连接到第一计算机的至少一个第一存储系统和连接到第二计算机的多个第二存储系统以及连接到至少一个第一存储系统。 第一台计算机向第一个存储系统发出正常的写入请求和控制使用写入请求，并标有发布时间。 以周期性间隔发出控制用写入请求。 第一存储系统接收写入请求，并将写入请求作为更新数据发送到第二存储系统，使得可以确定发布顺序。 第二存储系统接收更新数据，并且响应于来自第二计算机的反射指令将更新数据反映在存储区域中。 第二计算机获取由第二存储系统接收的更新数据的发布时间，基于发布次数建立标准时间，并且指示多个第二存储系统反映发布时间为或等于的更新数据， 在存储区域的标准时间之前。

公开(公告)号：US20050257014A1

公开(公告)日：2005-11-17

申请号：US10899158

申请日：2004-07-27

申请人： Nobuhiro Maki ,  Yuri Hiraiwa ,  Katsuhisa Miyata ,  Masahide Sato

发明人： Nobuhiro Maki ,  Yuri Hiraiwa ,  Katsuhisa Miyata ,  Masahide Sato

IPC分类号： G06F12/16

CPC分类号： G06F3/0605 ,  G06F3/0613 ,  G06F3/0631 ,  G06F3/0689 ,  G06F11/2069

摘要： Transfer of data and replication of data among several storage devices are executed without imposing a load on the computer connected to the storage system. For example, a first host computer monitors usage rates of transfer groups TG11, TG12 and physical path usage rate on a storage device interconnect physical path 50, and when either a usage rate or physical path usage rate goes above a predetermined value, issues to the first storage device 20 an instruction to allocate a reserved volume Ri 1, R12. The first host adaptor 21 receiving the reserved volume Rh, R12 allocation request allocates reserved volume Ru to transfer group TGI, whereby a virtual transfer volume is formed by transfer volume Til and the reserved volume Ru allocated thereto. As a result, capacity of the virtual transfer volume is increased by the equivalent of the reserved volume Ru capacity, so that additional transfer frames may be stored.

摘要翻译： 执行数据传输和数据在多个存储设备之间的复制，而不会在连接到存储系统的计算机上施加负载。 例如，第一主计算机监视存储设备互连物理路径50上的传输组TG 11，TG 12和物理路径使用率的使用率，并且当使用率或物理路径使用率超过预定值时，问题 向第一存储装置20提供分配保留卷Ri 1，R 12的指令。 接收保留卷Rh，R12分配请求的第一主机适配器21分配保留卷Ru以传送组TGI，由此通过传送卷Til和分配给它的保留卷Ru形成虚拟传送卷。 结果，虚拟传送量的容量相当于预留量Ru容量的增加，从而可以存储额外的传送帧。

公开(公告)号：US20130111129A1

公开(公告)日：2013-05-02

申请号：US13384040

申请日：2011-10-28

申请人： Nobuhiro Maki ,  Yuri Hiraiwa ,  Kenichi Oyamada

发明人： Nobuhiro Maki ,  Yuri Hiraiwa ,  Kenichi Oyamada

IPC分类号： G06F12/08

CPC分类号： G06F3/061 ,  G06F3/0602 ,  G06F3/0611 ,  G06F3/0644 ,  G06F3/0647 ,  G06F3/0649 ,  G06F3/0659 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F3/0685 ,  G06F3/0689 ,  G06F9/461 ,  G06F17/30233

摘要： Data is placed in tiered storage with a suitable granularity according to application characteristics. The storage apparatus comprises a controller for managing storage areas, provided by storage media of a plurality of types of varying performance, as pools, and for assigning the storage areas in page units to a virtual volume from any tiered storage among a plurality of types of tiered storage which the pool comprises in response to a data write request from the host computer, wherein, for specific data which is managed by the host computer, the controller specifies an area with a high referencing frequency among the specific data on the basis of organization information of the specific data, and moves this area to another of the tiered storage with a higher performance than an already assigned tiered storage.

摘要翻译： 根据应用特点，数据按适当的粒度放置在分层存储中。 存储装置包括：控制器，用于管理由多种类型的变化性能的存储介质提供的存储区域作为池，并且用于将页面单元中的存储区域分配给多个类型的 响应于来自主计算机的数据写请求，池包含的分层存储器，其中，对于由主计算机管理的特定数据，控制器基于组织指定特定数据中具有高参考频率的区域 信息的特定数据，并将该区域移动到具有比已经分配的分层存储更高的性能的分层存储中。

公开(公告)号：US08312235B2

公开(公告)日：2012-11-13

申请号：US13359231

申请日：2012-01-26

申请人： Tsukasa Shibayama ,  Wataru Okada ,  Yukinori Sakashita ,  Yuri Hiraiwa ,  Masahide Sato

发明人： Tsukasa Shibayama ,  Wataru Okada ,  Yukinori Sakashita ,  Yuri Hiraiwa ,  Masahide Sato

IPC分类号： G06F12/16

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

摘要： A data processing system includes a first storage system configured with a virtual logical volume that includes a dynamically expandable volume, a second storage system coupled to the first storage system through a data copy network, a host computer configured to input data to the virtual logical volume, and a management server coupled to the host computer, configured to manage the virtual logical volume.

摘要翻译： 数据处理系统包括配置有包括动态可扩展卷的虚拟逻辑卷的第一存储系统，通过数据复制网络耦合到第一存储系统的第二存储系统，被配置为将数据输入到虚拟逻辑卷 以及耦合到所述主计算机的管理服务器，被配置为管理所述虚拟逻辑卷。

公开(公告)号：US08307178B2

公开(公告)日：2012-11-06

申请号：US13209578

申请日：2011-08-15

申请人： Nobuhiro Maki ,  Yuri Hiraiwa ,  Yoshiyuki Nishi ,  Katsuhisa Miyata ,  Akira Deguchi

发明人： Nobuhiro Maki ,  Yuri Hiraiwa ,  Yoshiyuki Nishi ,  Katsuhisa Miyata ,  Akira Deguchi

IPC分类号： G06F12/16

CPC分类号： G06F11/2064 ,  G06F3/0619 ,  G06F3/065 ,  G06F3/0653 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F11/2074

摘要： A copy source storage controller received write data added with a time and issued from a host computer transfers the write data with the time to a copy destination storage controller. If there are a plurality of copy destination storage controllers, a representative copy destination storage controller compares times of write data copied to the plurality of copy destination storage controllers, and writes the write data in copy destination logical volumes in the sequential order of time. The representative copy destination storage controller judges that integrity of the write data is established, if a communication procedure is established with the copy destination storage controller and if the statuses of the copy source/destination logical volumes are coincident. In remote copy which guarantees integrity of write data and traverses a plurality of storage controllers, it is possible to judge at an optional time point whether integrity of write data can be guaranteed.

摘要翻译： 复制源存储控制器接收到从主计算机发出的随时间增加的写入数据，将写入数据随时间传送到复制目的地存储控制器。 如果存在多个复制目的地存储控制器，则代表性复制目的地存储控制器比较复制到多个复制目的地存储控制器的写入数据的时间，并且按顺序将写入数据写入复制目的地逻辑卷。 如果与复制目的地存储控制器建立通信过程以及复制源/目的地逻辑卷的状态是否一致，则代表性复制目的地存储控制器判断写入数据的完整性。 在保证写入数据的完整性并遍历多个存储控制器的远程复制中，可以在可选的时间点判断是否可以保证写入数据的完整性。

公开(公告)号：US08266377B2

公开(公告)日：2012-09-11

申请号：US13334123

申请日：2011-12-22

申请人： Yuri Hiraiwa ,  Nobuhiro Maki ,  Takeyuki Imazu

发明人： Yuri Hiraiwa ,  Nobuhiro Maki ,  Takeyuki Imazu

IPC分类号： G06F12/00 ,  G06F11/00

CPC分类号： G06F11/2071 ,  G06F11/2058 ,  G06F11/2066 ,  G06F11/2069 ,  G06F11/2074 ,  G06F11/2082 ,  G06F12/0866

摘要： A computer system including a first storage system connected to a first host computer, a second storage system connected to a second host computer and a third storage system connected to the first and second storage systems. The second storage system sets transfer setting before an occurrence of a failure, the transfer setting being provided with a dedicated storage area to be used for transferring data to the third storage system by asynchronous copy in response to a failure at the first host computer. Before the start of data transfer between the second storage system and third storage system to be executed after an occurrence of the failure, the second storage system checks the dedicated storage area, data transfer line and transfer setting information, and if an abnormal state is detected, this abnormal state is reported to the host computer as information attached to the transfer setting.

公开(公告)号：US20120137099A1

公开(公告)日：2012-05-31

申请号：US13368386

申请日：2012-02-08

申请人： Tsukasa SHIBAYAMA ,  Wataru Okada ,  Yukinori Sakashita ,  Yuri Hiraiwa ,  Masahide Sato

发明人： Tsukasa SHIBAYAMA ,  Wataru Okada ,  Yukinori Sakashita ,  Yuri Hiraiwa ,  Masahide Sato

IPC分类号： G06F12/02

CPC分类号： H04L67/1097 ,  G06F3/0605 ,  G06F3/0647 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F11/3409 ,  G06F11/3433

摘要： This storage system modifies the migration plan in accordance with the state of the migration destination when a plurality of volumes are migrated all at once. Migration-source volumes are migrated collectively to volumes inside the migration-destination storage apparatus. The user can make settings related to migration-source volumes and migration-destination volumes in a migration plan, and can establish a mid-process control plan for modifying the migration plan in the middle of processing. If a failure occurs in the migration-destination storage apparatus subsequent to the commencement of data migration processing, a processing method controller either cancels or temporarily halts the data migration processing, or changes the migration destination, on the basis of the mid-process control plan. When changing the migration destination, a previously selected alternate storage apparatus is selected as the new migration-destination storage apparatus. When a failure occurs in the alternate storage apparatus, yet another alternate storage apparatus is selected.

摘要翻译： 当多个卷一次迁移时，该存储系统根据迁移目的地的状态修改迁移计划。 迁移源卷将共同迁移到迁移目的地存储设备内的卷。 用户可以在迁移计划中进行与迁移源卷和迁移目标卷相关的设置，并可以在处理过程中建立修改迁移计划的中间过程控制计划。 如果在迁移目的地存储装置中在数据迁移处理开始之后发生故障，则处理方法控制器基于中间处理控制计划来取消或暂时停止数据迁移处理或改变迁移目的地 。 当改变迁移目的地时，选择先前选择的替代存储装置作为新的迁移目的地存储装置。 当在替代存储装置中发生故障时，选择另一替代存储装置。

公开(公告)号：US08140802B2

公开(公告)日：2012-03-20

申请号：US13167867

申请日：2011-06-24

申请人： Tsukasa Shibayama ,  Wataru Okada ,  Yukinori Sakashita ,  Yuri Hiraiwa ,  Masahide Sato

发明人： Tsukasa Shibayama ,  Wataru Okada ,  Yukinori Sakashita ,  Yuri Hiraiwa ,  Masahide Sato

IPC分类号： G06F12/16

CPC分类号： H04L67/1097 ,  G06F3/0605 ,  G06F3/0647 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F11/3409 ,  G06F11/3433

摘要： This storage system modifies the migration plan in accordance with the state of the migration destination when a plurality of volumes are migrated all at once. Migration-source volumes are migrated collectively to volumes inside the migration-destination storage apparatus. The user can make settings related to migration-source volumes and migration-destination volumes in a migration plan, and can establish a mid-process control plan for modifying the migration plan in the middle of processing. If a failure occurs in the migration-destination storage apparatus subsequent to the commencement of data migration processing, a processing method controller either cancels or temporarily halts the data migration processing, or changes the migration destination, on the basis of the mid-process control plan. When changing the migration destination, a previously selected alternate storage apparatus is selected as the new migration-destination storage apparatus. When a failure occurs in the alternate storage apparatus, yet another alternate storage apparatus is selected.

摘要翻译： 当多个卷一次迁移时，该存储系统根据迁移目的地的状态修改迁移计划。 迁移源卷将共同迁移到迁移目的地存储设备内的卷。 用户可以在迁移计划中进行与迁移源卷和迁移目标卷相关的设置，并可以在处理过程中建立修改迁移计划的中间过程控制计划。 如果在迁移目的地存储装置中在数据迁移处理开始之后发生故障，则处理方法控制器基于中间处理控制计划来取消或暂时停止数据迁移处理或改变迁移目的地 。 当改变迁移目的地时，选择先前选择的替代存储装置作为新的迁移目的地存储装置。 当在替代存储装置中发生故障时，选择另一替代存储装置。