公开(公告)号：US07469289B2

公开(公告)日：2008-12-23

申请号：US11482670

申请日：2006-07-06

申请人： Hiroshi Arakawa ,  Takashi Oeda ,  Naoto Matsunami ,  Ryusuke Ito

发明人： Hiroshi Arakawa ,  Takashi Oeda ,  Naoto Matsunami ,  Ryusuke Ito

IPC分类号： G06F15/173

CPC分类号： G06F17/30067 ,  G06F3/0605 ,  G06F3/0629 ,  G06F3/0659 ,  G06F3/0665 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F11/1456 ,  G06F11/1458 ,  G06F11/1464 ,  G06F11/1466 ,  G06F11/2064 ,  G06F11/2082 ,  G06F21/80 ,  G06F2201/80 ,  G06F2201/84 ,  H04L67/1095 ,  H04L67/1097 ,  Y10S707/99939 ,  Y10S707/99953

摘要： A storage system configured to provide a storage area to a host coupled to the storage system includes a first storage device of first type being configured to store data and provide one or more data-storage-related functions. A second storage device of second type is configured to store data and provide one or more data-storage-related functions. A virtual volume provides a storage location and being associated with at least one of the first and second storage devices. A database includes information relating to the one or more data-storage-related functions that the first and second storage devices are configured to perform. A first server is coupled to the first and second storage devices and having access to the database, the first server being configured to access the database in response to a data-storage-related-function request from the host involving at least one of the first and second storage devices. The database is accessed to determine whether or not the at least one of the first and second storage devices is capable of performing the request from the host. The first server further being configured to perform the request if the determination is negative or provide an instruction to the at least one of the first and second storage devices to perform to the request if the determination is positive.

摘要翻译： 被配置为向耦合到存储系统的主机提供存储区域的存储系统包括第一类型的第一存储设备，其被配置为存储数据并提供一个或多个数据存储相关功能。 第二类型的第二存储设备被配置为存储数据并提供一个或多个数据存储相关功能。 虚拟卷提供存储位置并且与第一和第二存储设备中的至少一个相关联。 数据库包括与第一和第二存储设备配置为执行的一个或多个数据存储相关功能相关的信息。 第一服务器耦合到第一和第二存储设备并且具有对数据库的访问，第一服务器被配置为响应于来自主机的与数据存储相关的功能请求访问数据库，所述请求涉及第一 和第二存储设备。 访问数据库以确定第一和第二存储设备中的至少一个是否能够执行来自主机的请求。 所述第一服务器还被配置为如果所述确定是否定的则执行所述请求，或者如果所述确定是肯定的，则向所述第一和第二存储设备中的至少一个提供指令以执行所述请求。

公开(公告)号：US07409583B2

公开(公告)日：2008-08-05

申请号：US11288205

申请日：2005-11-29

申请人： Masayuki Yamamoto ,  Takashi Oeda

发明人： Masayuki Yamamoto ,  Takashi Oeda

IPC分类号： G06F11/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0665 ,  G06F3/0605 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F11/0727 ,  G06F11/0775 ,  G06F11/0781 ,  G06F11/079 ,  H04L41/0213 ,  H04L41/046 ,  H04L41/065 ,  H04L41/08 ,  H04L41/12 ,  H04L41/22

摘要： A SAN manager acquires configuration information from devices constituting a SAN and produces a corresponding relationship between a host computer and a virtual volume (virtual volume mapping) and a corresponding relationship between the host computer and a real volume (real volume mapping). Based on those pieces of mapping information, the SAN manager outputs a corresponding relationship between virtual and real volumes. Meanwhile, the failure notification messages received from the in-SAN devices are construed to detect and output an influence of the failure upon the access to a real or virtual volume. Furthermore, when receiving a plurality of failure notifications from the devices connected to the SAN, the plurality of failure notifications are outputted with an association based on the corresponding relationship between real and virtual volumes.

摘要翻译： SAN管理器从构成SAN的设备中获取配置信息，并在主机与虚拟卷（虚拟卷映射）之间产生对应的关系以及主计算机与实际卷（实际卷映射）之间的对应关系。 基于这些映射信息，SAN管理器输出虚拟卷和实际卷之间的对应关系。 同时，从SAN设备接收的故障通知消息被解释为检测并输出故障对真实或虚拟卷的访问的影响。 此外，当从连接到SAN的设备接收到多个故障通知时，基于实际卷和虚拟卷之间的对应关系，通过关联来输出多个故障通知。

公开(公告)号：US20080065848A1

公开(公告)日：2008-03-13

申请号：US11935780

申请日：2007-11-06

申请人： Takashige Iwamura ,  Takashi Oeda

发明人： Takashige Iwamura ,  Takashi Oeda

IPC分类号： G06F12/16

CPC分类号： H04L67/1097 ,  G06F11/2066 ,  G06F11/2069 ,  G06F11/2074 ,  G06F11/2076 ,  G06F11/2082 ,  H04L67/1095

摘要： A remote copy network realizes low-cost multi-hop remote copying. Remote copying is executed via a remote copy network (RCN) having a source edge device connected to a source storage and a target edge device connected to a target storage. Because the RCN is a network provided by a network business, a user having a storage device can execute remote copying without owning or managing the RCN. The source edge device receives remote copy I/O from the source storage, creates a log entry to which a sequential number is added, and sends the log entry to a target edge device. The target edge device acquires the remote copy I/O from the received log entry, and sends the remote copy I/O to the target storage in the order of the sequential number.

摘要翻译： 远程复制网络实现了低成本的多跳远程复制。 通过远程复制网络（RCN）执行远程复制，该远程复制网络具有连接到源存储器的源边缘设备和连接到目标存储器的目标边缘设备。 由于RCN是由网络业务提供的网络，具有存储设备的用户可以执行远程复制而不拥有或管理RCN。 源边缘设备从源存储器接收远程复制I / O，创建添加了序列号的日志条目，并将日志条目发送到目标边缘设备。 目标边缘设备从接收到的日志条目中获取远程复制I / O，并按照序列号的顺序将远程复制I / O发送到目标存储。

公开(公告)号：US07305531B2

公开(公告)日：2007-12-04

申请号：US11354671

申请日：2006-02-14

申请人： Takashige Iwamura ,  Takashi Oeda

发明人： Takashige Iwamura ,  Takashi Oeda

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： H04L67/1097 ,  G06F11/2066 ,  G06F11/2069 ,  G06F11/2074 ,  G06F11/2076 ,  G06F11/2082 ,  H04L67/1095

摘要： A remote copy network realizes low-cost multi-hop remote copying. Remote copying is executed via a remote copy network (RCN) having a source edge device connected to a source storage and a target edge device connected to a target storage. Because the RCN is a network provided by a network business, a user having a storage device can execute remote copying without owning or managing the RCN. The source edge device receives remote copy I/O from the source storage, creates a log entry to which a sequential number is added, and sends the log entry to a target edge device. The target edge device acquires the remote copy I/O from the received log entry, and sends the remote copy I/O to the target storage in the order of the sequential number.

摘要翻译： 远程复制网络实现了低成本的多跳远程复制。 通过远程复制网络（RCN）执行远程复制，该远程复制网络具有连接到源存储器的源边缘设备和连接到目标存储器的目标边缘设备。 由于RCN是由网络业务提供的网络，具有存储设备的用户可以执行远程复制而不拥有或管理RCN。 源边缘设备从源存储器接收远程复制I / O，创建添加了序列号的日志条目，并将日志条目发送到目标边缘设备。 目标边缘设备从接收到的日志条目中获取远程复制I / O，并按照序列号的顺序将远程复制I / O发送到目标存储。

公开(公告)号：US20070185923A1

公开(公告)日：2007-08-09

申请号：US11386982

申请日：2006-03-23

申请人： Norifumi Nishikawa ,  Takashi Oeda ,  Nobuo Kawamura ,  Kazuhiko Mogi

发明人： Norifumi Nishikawa ,  Takashi Oeda ,  Nobuo Kawamura ,  Kazuhiko Mogi

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F11/1471 ,  G06F2201/80 ,  G06F2201/84 ,  Y10S707/99945 ,  Y10S707/99953

摘要： A database recovery method including a computer and a storage system, in which: the storage system includes a disk drive for storing data; the disk drive includes a data volume, a snapshot volume, a database log for storing an update log, and an update journal for storing update information of the data volume; a recovery point for indicating an end point of a range to which the update journal is to be applied and a starting point of a range to which the database log is to be applied is recorded to recover the data volume; and when the database is to be recovered, the update journal is applied to the snapshot volume up to the recovery point, the snapshot volume after the update is switched to the data volume, and the database log after the recovery point is applied to the data volume that is set by switching.

摘要翻译： 一种包括计算机和存储系统的数据库恢复方法，其中：存储系统包括用于存储数据的磁盘驱动器; 磁盘驱动器包括数据卷，快照卷，用于存储更新日志的数据库日志和用于存储数据卷的更新信息的更新日志; 记录用于指示要应用更新日志的范围的终点的恢复点和要应用数据库日志的范围的起始点，以恢复数据量; 要恢复数据库时，将更新日志应用于直到恢复点的快照卷，将更新后的快照卷切换到数据卷，并将恢复点后的数据库日志应用于数据 通过切换设置的音量。

公开(公告)号：US20070022265A1

公开(公告)日：2007-01-25

申请号：US11526047

申请日：2006-09-25

申请人： Norifumi Nishikawa ,  Kazuhiko Mogi ,  Nobuo Kawamura ,  Takashi Oeda

发明人： Norifumi Nishikawa ,  Kazuhiko Mogi ,  Nobuo Kawamura ,  Takashi Oeda

IPC分类号： G06F12/16

CPC分类号： G06F11/2087 ,  G06F11/2033 ,  G06F11/2038 ,  G06F11/2069 ,  G06F11/2074 ,  G06F11/2097

摘要： A method include a configuration definition creation step of writing configuration information on a primary site into a storage subsystem; a data transfer step of copying the configuration information, which is written into a storage device, to a storage subsystem in a secondary site over a network; a data reception step of receiving the transferred configuration information and storing it in the storage subsystem in the secondary site; and a configuration definition step of reading the stored configuration information and settings up a server in the secondary site.

公开(公告)号：US07167962B2

公开(公告)日：2007-01-23

申请号：US11323773

申请日：2005-12-30

申请人： Toshio Nakano ,  Katsunori Nakamura ,  Mikito Ogata ,  Yoshinori Okami ,  Seiichi Higaki ,  Hiroshi Abei ,  Haruaki Watanabe ,  Kouji Arai ,  Takashi Oeda ,  Akira Yamamoto ,  Kenji Yamagami ,  Shigeru Kishiro

发明人： Toshio Nakano ,  Katsunori Nakamura ,  Mikito Ogata ,  Yoshinori Okami ,  Seiichi Higaki ,  Hiroshi Abei ,  Haruaki Watanabe ,  Kouji Arai ,  Takashi Oeda ,  Akira Yamamoto ,  Kenji Yamagami ,  Shigeru Kishiro

IPC分类号： G06F13/20

CPC分类号： G06F11/2069 ,  G06F11/2058 ,  G06F11/2064 ,  G06F11/2074 ,  G06F11/2076

摘要： Two data centers located in the vicinity are connected using a synchronous transfer copy function, and one of the data centers is coupled with a third data center disposed at a remote location by an asynchronous remote copying function. The order whereat a storage sub-system located in the vicinity has received data from a host is consistently guaranteed, and the third data center holds the data. Further, each storage sub-system includes a function whereby, during normal operation, data can be exchanged and the data update state can be obtained by the storage sub-systems located in the two data centers that do not directly engage in data transmission.

公开(公告)号：US07114049B2

公开(公告)日：2006-09-26

申请号：US10661373

申请日：2003-09-12

申请人： Kyosuke Achiwa ,  Takashi Oeda ,  Katsunori Nakamura ,  Teruo Nagasawa ,  Takeshi Koide

发明人： Kyosuke Achiwa ,  Takashi Oeda ,  Katsunori Nakamura ,  Teruo Nagasawa ,  Takeshi Koide

IPC分类号： G06F12/02

CPC分类号： G06F11/2074 ,  G06F11/2038 ,  G06F11/2058 ,  G06F11/2064 ,  G06F11/2071 ,  G06F11/2082

摘要： A storage apparatus system comprises first and second data storage systems. The first data storage systems can copy an image of data stored therein to the second data storage system without affecting access to storage in the first data storage system. In addition, failover processing is provided between the first and second data storage systems, wherein the second data storage system serves as the failover system.

摘要翻译： 存储装置系统包括第一和第二数据存储系统。 第一数据存储系统可以将存储在其中的数据的图像复制到第二数据存储系统，而不影响对第一数据存储系统中的存储的访问。 另外，在第一和第二数据存储系统之间提供故障切换处理，其中第二数据存储系统用作故障切换系统。

公开(公告)号：US20060195668A1

公开(公告)日：2006-08-31

申请号：US11323773

申请日：2005-12-30

申请人： Toshio Nakano ,  Katsunori Nakamura ,  Mikito Ogata ,  Yoshinori Okami ,  Seiichi Higaki ,  Hiroshi Abei ,  Haruaki Watanabe ,  Kouji Arai ,  Takashi Oeda ,  Akira Yamamoto ,  Kenji Yamagami ,  Shigeru Kishiro

发明人： Toshio Nakano ,  Katsunori Nakamura ,  Mikito Ogata ,  Yoshinori Okami ,  Seiichi Higaki ,  Hiroshi Abei ,  Haruaki Watanabe ,  Kouji Arai ,  Takashi Oeda ,  Akira Yamamoto ,  Kenji Yamagami ,  Shigeru Kishiro

IPC分类号： G06F12/16

CPC分类号： G06F11/2069 ,  G06F11/2058 ,  G06F11/2064 ,  G06F11/2074 ,  G06F11/2076

摘要： Two data centers located in the vicinity are connected using a synchronous transfer copy function, and one of the data centers is coupled with a third data center disposed at a remote location by an asynchronous remote copying function. The order whereat a storage sub-system located in the vicinity has received data from a host is consistently guaranteed, and the third data center holds the data. Further, each storage sub-system includes a function whereby, during normal operation, data can be exchanged and the data update state can be obtained by the storage sub-systems located in the two data centers that do not directly engage in data transmission.

摘要翻译： 位于附近的两个数据中心使用同步传送复制功能连接，并且其中一个数据中心通过异步远程复制功能与设置在远程位置的第三数据中心耦合。 位于附近的存储子系统从主机接收到数据的顺序是一贯保证的，第三数据中心保存数据。 此外，每个存储子系统包括在正常操作期间可以交换数据并且可以通过位于不直接参与数据传输的两个数据中心中的存储子系统来获得数据更新状态的功能。

公开(公告)号：US20060129877A1

公开(公告)日：2006-06-15

申请号：US11288205

申请日：2005-11-29

申请人： Masayuki Yamamoto ,  Takashi Oeda

发明人： Masayuki Yamamoto ,  Takashi Oeda

IPC分类号： G06F11/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0665 ,  G06F3/0605 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F11/0727 ,  G06F11/0775 ,  G06F11/0781 ,  G06F11/079 ,  H04L41/0213 ,  H04L41/046 ,  H04L41/065 ,  H04L41/08 ,  H04L41/12 ,  H04L41/22

摘要： A SAN manager acquires configuration information from devices constituting a SAN and produces a corresponding relationship between a host computer and a virtual volume (virtual volume mapping) and a corresponding relationship between the host computer and a real volume (real volume mapping). Based on those pieces of mapping information, the SAN manager outputs a corresponding relationship between virtual and real volumes. Meanwhile, the failure notification messages received from the in-SAN devices are construed to detect and output an influence of the failure upon the access to a real or virtual volume. Furthermore, when receiving a plurality of failure notifications from the devices connected to the SAN, the plurality of failure notifications are outputted with an association based on the corresponding relationship between real and virtual volumes.