摘要:
A management apparatus has a control unit for realizing a management function through a comprehensive process of characteristic information of a storage apparatus, a connecting apparatus and a computer. The management apparatus also has an interface for receiving characteristic information from the storage apparatus, connecting apparatus and computer, depending on the standard protocol among the management apparatus, storage apparatus, connecting apparatus and computer. Moreover, an integrated management apparatus is also provided for integrated management based on the result of realization of a plurality of management functions. This integrated management apparatus includes an interface for receiving the result of realization of the management function from the management apparatus, depending on the standard protocol between the management apparatus and integrated management apparatus.
摘要:
An object of the present invention is to realize higher mutual connection property among the operation management applications because two interfaces of the first interface for the devices as the operation management object and the second interface provided by the operation management application which can be realized using the first interface are not yet specified simultaneously in the existing operation management system.A management apparatus comprises a control unit for realizing a management function through comprehensive process of characteristic information of a storage apparatus, a connecting apparatus and a computer and an interface for receiving characteristic information from the storage apparatus, connecting apparatus and computer depending on the standard protocol among the management apparatus, storage apparatus, connecting apparatus and computer. Moreover, an integrated management apparatus is also provided for integrated management based on the result of realization of a plurality of management functions. This integrated management apparatus includes an interface for receiving the result of realization of management function from the management apparatus depending on the standard protocol between the management apparatus and integrated management apparatus.
摘要:
A management computer includes a configuration information acquisition module that acquires a data volume configuration table indicative of a logical connection relationship between structural elements of the data storage apparatus from the data storage apparatus, a transmission path specification module that specifies the structural elements that exist on a transmission path of data which is required to be written by a host computer from the structural elements of the data storage apparatus on the basis of data volume configuration table that is acquired by the configuration information acquisition module, a performance data acquisition module that acquires the performance data of the structural elements that are specified by the transmission path specification module, and a screen transition control module that output the performance data that is acquired by the performance data acquisition module.
摘要:
A unified storage system for executing a variety of types of storage control software using a single standardized hardware platform includes multiple storage control modules connected to storage devices for storing data related to input/output (I/O) operations. A first type of storage control software is initially installed and executed on a first storage control module for processing a first type of I/O operations. A management module replaces the first type of storage control software by installing a second type of storage control software onto the first storage control module. When the second type of storage control software is installed and executed, the first storage control module processes a second type of I/O operation, different from the first type of I/O operation. Control of volumes originally accessed by the first storage control module may be transferred to a second storage control module having the first type of storage control software installed.
摘要:
When copying data, it is desired to securely execute data management by preventing violation of rules or leaking out of secret information by administrative error. For this purpose, in a data processing method, for each storage area such as a volume in a storage device or a logical volume, a possible data arrangement range of data included in the storage area is stored. In addition, range information is defined for a copy-destination storage area. Then, when copying data in a storage area, a judgment is made as to whether or not the range information of the copy-destination storage area is within the possible data arrangement area of the data. If the range information is within the possible data arrangement area, copying will be executed. If the range information is not within the possible arrangement area, the copy processing will not be initiated.
摘要:
The computer system is composed of an old storage apparatus, a new storage apparatus, management computer, data network and management network. Management computer gathers logs at the old storage apparatus. When data is moved from the old storage to the new storage, destination volume in the new storage apparatus is allocated and concatenated using the gathered log information and a mapping table. The system and apparatus simplifies migration processes from ordinary storage apparatus to the new storage device, which may include HDDs and FLASH memory units. The system takes into account the differences in performance characteristics of HDDs and FLASH memories, achieving improver performance of the overall storage system.
摘要:
In order to readily switch over between SSPs (i.e., Storage Service Providers) that undertake the operation/management of storage apparatuses, in an information processing system including a computer and the storage apparatuses, an operating/managing system provided among the computer and the storage apparatuses includes the following units: A connection destination switching unit and an information duplicating unit for implementing the migration between the SSPs without interrupting the accesses to the storage apparatuses from the computer, and a request property selecting unit, a property comparing unit, and a comparison result indicating unit for assisting the selection of a purpose-fitting SSP from among the plurality of SSPs.
摘要:
When configuring volume allocation on a storage device, it is confirmed that design information on the volume allocation is in compliance with an operational policy of a system and there is no mistake in design so as to configure the volume allocation on the storage device in the case where there is no problem. A computer system including: a host computer 2; a storage device 3 for providing a volume to the host computer 2 via a one network 5; and a management computer 1 connected to the storage device 3 via a network 6, wherein when a storage manager configures volume allocation of the storage device 3, the management computer 1 gathers configuration information on the volume allocation from the storage device 3 and makes a comparison between design information on the volume allocation to be configured on the storage device 3 inputted by the storage manager and the gathered configuration information on the volume allocation so as to identify changes.
摘要:
In an environment in which storages are intensively collected, many unused areas are generated and no storage resources can be efficiently used as a storage pool. The capacity utilization (data capacity) of a storage device (volume) allocated to a computer is obtained and future capacity utilization is estimated from a change in the data capacity. The capacity of the storage device is compared with upper limit securing capacity and lower limit securing capacity values indicating the upper and lower limits of appropriate allocating capacity calculated from this estimated capacity utilization. When the capacity of the storage device is greater than the upper limit securing capacity, a different storage device, having at least the lower limit securing capacity and no more than the upper limit securing capacity, is allocated from the storage pool, and the storage device allocated previously is collected in the storage pool.
摘要:
When a disk device corresponding to a logical volume is started, a disk system determines and starts a disk device and a fan to be started, while comprehensively considering heat quantity generated by the disk device to be started, the cooling capacity of the fan, and the electric power consumption of the fan or the electric power consumption of the disk device.