Storage system comprising plurality of storage system modules
    1.
    发明授权
    Storage system comprising plurality of storage system modules 失效
    存储系统包括多个存储系统模块

    公开(公告)号:US08645658B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-02-04

    申请号:US12130071

    申请日:2008-05-30

    IPC分类号: G06F12/00

    摘要: A plurality of modules (1) and (2) comprise a plurality of virtual volumes with which the same volume identification number is associated. A module (2), which receives a write request from a computer, searches for an unallocated real area from among a plurality of real areas in the module (2) rather than from among a plurality of real areas in the other module (1) if a real area has not been allocated to a write-targeted virtual area in accordance with the write request. The module (2) allocates the real area retrieved from the module (2) to the write-targeted virtual area, and writes data according to the write request to this real area.

    摘要翻译: 多个模块(1)和(2)包括与其相关联的相同卷标识号的多个虚拟卷。 从计算机接收写入请求的模块(2)从模块(2)中的多个实际区域中而不是在另一个模块(1)中的多个实际区域中搜索未分配的实际区域, 如果根据写入请求没有将实际区域分配给写入目标虚拟区域。 模块(2)将从模块(2)检索的实际区域分配给写入目标虚拟区域,并将写入请求的数据写入该实际区域。

    STORAGE SYSTEM AND STORAGE CONTROL METHOD
    2.
    发明申请
    STORAGE SYSTEM AND STORAGE CONTROL METHOD 有权
    存储系统和存储控制方法

    公开(公告)号:US20120311261A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-12-06

    申请号:US13133618

    申请日:2011-05-31

    IPC分类号: G06F12/16 G06F12/08

    摘要: A storage system is provided with a memory region, a cache memory region, and a processor. The memory region stores the time relation information that indicates a time relationship of a data element that has been stored into the cache memory region and that is to be written to the logical region and a snapshot acquisition point of time to the primary volume. The processor judges whether or not the data element that has been stored into the cache memory region is a snapshot configuration element based on the time relation information for the data element that is to be written to a logical region of a write destination that conforms to the write request that specifies the primary volume and that has been stored into the cache memory region. In the case in which the result of the judgment is positive, the processor saves the data element to the secondary volume for holding a snapshot image in which the snapshot configuration element is a configuration element, and a data element of a write target is then stored into the cache memory region.

    摘要翻译: 存储系统具有存储区域,高速缓冲存储器区域和处理器。 存储区域存储指示已经存储到高速缓冲存储器区域中并且要写入到逻辑区域的数据元素与到主卷的快照获取时间点的时间关系的时间关系信息。 处理器基于要写入到写入目的地的逻辑区域的数据元素的时间关系信息来判断已经存储到高速缓冲存储器区域中的数据元素是否是快照配置元素 写请求,指定主卷并已存储到高速缓冲存储器区域中。 在判断结果为肯定的情况下,处理器将数据元素保存到副卷以保存其中快照配置元素是配置元素的快照图像,然后存储写目标的数据元素 进入缓存内存区域。

    Storage system provided with a plurality of controller modules
    3.
    发明授权
    Storage system provided with a plurality of controller modules 有权
    具有多个控制器模块的存储系统

    公开(公告)号:US07984260B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-07-19

    申请号:US12060977

    申请日:2008-04-02

    IPC分类号: G06F12/06

    摘要: A plurality of global LDEV managed by a plurality of controller modules are provided above local LDEV under the control of each controller module. Each global LDEV is correlated to any of the plurality of local LDEV. The controller modules judge whether or not a local LDEV correlated to a global LDEV specified by an I/O request received from a host device or a first other controller module is a management target itself, and if the result of that judgment is affirmative, the controller modules access the local LDEV correlated to the specified global LDEV, while if the result of the judgment is negative, the controller modules transfer the received I/O request to a second other controller module.

    摘要翻译: 由多个控制器模块管理的多个全局LDEV被设置在每个控制器模块的控制下的局部LDEV之上。 每个全局LDEV与多个本地LDEV中的任一个相关联。 控制器模块判断与从主机设备或第一其他控制器模块接收到的I / O请求指定的全局LDEV相关的本地LDEV是否是管理目标本身,如果判断结果是肯定的,则 控制器模块访问与指定的全局LDEV相关的本地LDEV,而如果判断结果为否定,则控制器模块将接收的I / O请求传输到另一个其他控制器模块。

    DATA REPLICATION IN A STORAGE SYSTEM
    4.
    发明申请
    DATA REPLICATION IN A STORAGE SYSTEM 有权
    存储系统中的数据复制

    公开(公告)号:US20100161900A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-06-24

    申请号:US12716308

    申请日:2010-03-03

    IPC分类号: G06F12/08

    CPC分类号: G06F11/2082 G06F11/2069

    摘要: For a storage system having plural control units to which plural disk devices are connected, in the method for creating replication in a volume of the disk devices connected to different control units, when receiving update I/O of a replication source during an initial copy for replication, the reflection of update to the replication destination is performed on an extension of the same I/O. When a pair is divided after the completion of copying, the update position is retained on the differential bitmap disposed in the individual control units, and the differential bitmap is merged to one of the control units at a time of resynchronization to perform copy processing.

    摘要翻译: 对于具有连接多个磁盘装置的多个控制单元的存储系统,在连接到不同的控制单元的磁盘装置的卷的卷中创建复制的方法中,当在初始拷贝期间接收复制源的更新I / O时, 复制时,对相同I / O的扩展执行对复制目的地的更新的反映。 当在复制完成后分配一对时,更新位置被保留在设置在各个控制单元中的差分位图上,并且差分位图在再同步时被合并到一个控制单元以执行复制处理。

    Data replication in a storage system
    5.
    发明授权
    Data replication in a storage system 有权
    存储系统中的数据复制

    公开(公告)号:US07689792B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-03-30

    申请号:US11907748

    申请日:2007-10-17

    IPC分类号: G06F12/00

    CPC分类号: G06F11/2082 G06F11/2069

    摘要: For a storage system having plural control units to which plural disk devices are connected, in the method for creating replication in a volume of the disk devices connected to different control units, when receiving update I/O of a replication source during an initial copy for replication, the reflection of update to the replication destination is performed on an extension of the same I/O. When a pair is divided after the completion of copying, the update position is retained on the differential bitmap disposed in the individual control units, and the differential bitmap is merged to one of the control units at a time of resynchronization to perform copy processing.

    摘要翻译: 对于具有连接多个磁盘装置的多个控制单元的存储系统,在连接到不同的控制单元的磁盘装置的卷的卷中创建复制的方法中,当在初始拷贝期间接收复制源的更新I / O时, 复制时,对相同I / O的扩展执行对复制目的地的更新的反映。 当在复制完成后分配一对时,更新位置被保留在设置在各个控制单元中的差分位图上,并且差分位图在再同步时被合并到一个控制单元以执行复制处理。

    Storage system and replication creation method thereof
    6.
    发明授权
    Storage system and replication creation method thereof 失效
    存储系统及其复制创建方法

    公开(公告)号:US07461225B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-12-02

    申请号:US11727945

    申请日:2007-03-29

    IPC分类号: G06F12/16

    摘要: In a storage system having a plurality of control units each connected with a plurality of disk units, it is provided that a replication is created in the volume of the disk units connected to different control units. The replication creation unit of a given control unit creates a replication in the volume of the disk unit connected to other control units in such a manner that the original volume information, the replication volume information in the control unit and information on the other control units are registered as volume pair information. Based on this volume pair information, a replication creation request is transmitted to the other control units.

    摘要翻译: 在具有多个控制单元的存储系统中,每个控制单元各自与多个盘单元相连,条件是在连接到不同控制单元的盘单元的卷中创建复制。 给定控制单元的复制创建单元以连接到其它控制单元的盘单元的卷的形式创建复制,使得原始卷信息,控制单元中的复制卷信息和关于其他控制单元的信息是 注册为卷对信息。 基于该卷对信息,将复制创建请求发送到其他控制单元。

    Storage system and method of configuring the storage system
    7.
    发明授权
    Storage system and method of configuring the storage system 失效
    存储系统和配置存储系统的方法

    公开(公告)号:US07206905B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-04-17

    申请号:US10862628

    申请日:2004-06-08

    IPC分类号: G06F12/02

    摘要: When storage controllers are added to a storage system to change the storage system from a configuration having only one storage controller to a configuration having plural storage controllers, or when storage controllers are removed from the storage system to change the storage system from a configuration having plural storage controllers to a configuration having only one storage controller, a controller-internal management-information memory controller carries out a copy process to copy management information from each of the storage controllers to a management-information-memory switch or vice versa at the same time as processing of read and write requests for access to the management information, made by a channel interface or a disc interface, in order to change storage locations of the management information while processing the read and write requests made by the host.

    摘要翻译: 当将存储控制器添加到存储系统以将存储系统从仅具有一个存储控制器的配置改变为具有多个存储控制器的配置时,或者当从存储系统移除存储控制器以从具有多个存储控制器的配置改变存储系统 存储控制器到仅具有一个存储控制器的配置,控制器内部管理信息存储器控制器执行复制处理,以将管理信息从每个存储控制器复制到管理信息存储器开关,反之亦然 作为由通道接口或光盘接口进行的用于访问管理信息的读取和写入请求的处理,以便在处理主机所做的读取和写入请求时改变管理信息的存储位置。

    Storage system for multi-site remote copy
    8.
    发明申请
    Storage system for multi-site remote copy 失效
    多站点远程复制存储系统

    公开(公告)号:US20070005917A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-01-04

    申请号:US11517380

    申请日:2006-09-08

    IPC分类号: G06F12/16 G06F13/00

    摘要: Information about remote copy target volumes of other storage systems 2 each having one and the same original volume V1 is registered for each remote copy target volume in advance. When there occurs a failure in a copy source storage system 2, a copy source volume for remote copy target volumes using the storage system 2 having a failure as their copy source is selected newly from the registered copy source volumes, and remote copy is resumed.

    摘要翻译: 预先为每个远程复制目标卷注册关于具有一个和相同原始卷V 1的其他存储系统2的远程复制目标卷的信息。 当复制源存储系统2发生故障时,从注册的拷贝源卷中新选择使用具有故障的存储系统2作为其复制源的远程复制目标卷的复制源卷,并且恢复远程拷贝。

    Remote copy system
    9.
    发明授权
    Remote copy system 有权
    远程复制系统

    公开(公告)号:US07124267B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-10-17

    申请号:US10783018

    申请日:2004-02-23

    IPC分类号: G06F12/00

    摘要: When data in the first primary volume is migrated to the second primary volume, an access request from the host to the primary volume is transferred to the second primary volume. Further, the second storage system stores write data received from the host and data of the first primary volume received from the storage system, into the second primary volume. Out of data stored in the second primary volume, the second storage system sends data determined by management information received from the first storage system, to the third storage system.

    摘要翻译: 当第一个主卷中的数据迁移到第二个主卷时,从主机到主卷的访问请求将传输到第二个主卷。 此外,第二存储系统将从主机接收的写入数据和从存储系统接收的第一主卷的数据存储到第二主卷中。 从存储在第二主卷中的数据中,第二存储系统将由从第一存储系统接收的管理信息确定的数据发送到第三存储系统。

    Data migration system and data migration method
    10.
    发明授权
    Data migration system and data migration method 有权
    数据迁移系统和数据迁移方法

    公开(公告)号:US08645653B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-02-04

    申请号:US12992383

    申请日:2010-10-14

    IPC分类号: G06F12/00 G06F13/00

    摘要: A second storage maps a migration source volume to a virtual volume of a migration destination volume according to storage virtualization technology. A host system including a host switches an access path from an access path to the migration source volume to an access path to the migration destination volume. The second storage executes copy processing of migrating, from the migration source volume to the migration destination volume, data in an assigned area of a virtual volume according to thin provisioning of the migration source volume based on the information contained in the first thin provisioning information in the first storage, and copying that data from the migration destination volume to a virtual volume according to thin provisioning of a copy destination volume in the second storage. The second storage associates the virtual volume of the copy destination volume with the migration destination volume in substitute for the original virtual volume.

    摘要翻译: 根据存储虚拟化技术,第二个存储将迁移源卷映射到迁移目标卷的虚拟卷。 包括主机的主机系统将从访问路径到迁移源卷的访问路径切换到迁移目的地卷的访问路径。 所述第二存储器执行复制处理,所述复制处理根据所述迁移源卷的精简配置,基于所述第一精简配置信息中包含的信息,执行从所述迁移源卷迁移到所述迁移目的地卷的虚拟卷的分配区域中的数据 第一存储器,以及根据第二存储器中的复制目的地卷的精简配置将数据从迁移目的地卷复制到虚拟卷。 第二个存储将复制目标卷的虚拟卷与迁移目标卷相关联,以替代原始虚拟卷。