公开(公告)号：US08683154B2

公开(公告)日：2014-03-25

申请号：US12988546

申请日：2010-08-06

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

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

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F11/2094 ,  G06F11/1456 ,  G06F11/1458 ,  G06F11/2038 ,  G06F11/2097

摘要： Operation of an environment that supports both host-based replication and array-based replication is realized. According to the present invention, data in the first storage area is copied first to the second storage area using an array-based replication engine. In this case, the execution result of the replication is managed using a flag from which the copy timing can be known. In addition, data in the first storage area is copied to the third storage area using a host-based replication engine, and further, data in the third storage area is copied to the fourth storage area. Then, when data in the second storage area is restored to the first storage area, data in the fourth storage area is returned to the third storage area so that the third storage area has data of the same time as the second storage area (see FIG. 12).

摘要翻译： 实现了支持基于主机的复制和基于阵列的复制的环境的操作。 根据本发明，使用基于阵列的复制引擎将第一存储区域中的数据首先复制到第二存储区域。 在这种情况下，使用可以知道复制定时的标志来管理复制的执行结果。 此外，使用基于主机的复制引擎将第一存储区域中的数据复制到第三存储区域，并且将第三存储区域中的数据复制到第四存储区域。 然后，当第二存储区域中的数据恢复到第一存储区域时，第四存储区域中的数据返回到第三存储区域，使得第三存储区域具有与第二存储区域相同的数据（参见图 12）。

公开(公告)号：US20110314239A1

公开(公告)日：2011-12-22

申请号：US12988546

申请日：2010-08-06

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

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

IPC分类号： G06F12/16

CPC分类号： G06F11/2094 ,  G06F11/1456 ,  G06F11/1458 ,  G06F11/2038 ,  G06F11/2097

摘要： Operation of an environment that supports both host-based replication and array-based replication is realized. According to the present invention, data in the first storage area is copied first to the second storage area using an array-based replication engine. In this case, the execution result of the replication is managed using a flag from which the copy timing can be known. In addition, data in the first storage area is copied to the third storage area using a host-based replication engine, and further, data in the third storage area is copied to the fourth storage area. Then, when data in the second storage area is restored to the first storage area, data in the fourth storage area is returned to the third storage area so that the third storage area has data of the same time as the second storage area (see FIG. 12).

摘要翻译： 实现了支持基于主机的复制和基于阵列的复制的环境的操作。 根据本发明，使用基于阵列的复制引擎将第一存储区域中的数据首先复制到第二存储区域。 在这种情况下，使用可以知道复制定时的标志来管理复制的执行结果。 此外，使用基于主机的复制引擎将第一存储区域中的数据复制到第三存储区域，并且将第三存储区域中的数据复制到第四存储区域。 然后，当第二存储区域中的数据恢复到第一存储区域时，第四存储区域中的数据返回到第三存储区域，使得第三存储区域具有与第二存储区域相同的数据的数据（参见图 12）。

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：US08886903B2

公开(公告)日：2014-11-11

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 ,  G06F11/14

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：US20110202735A1

公开(公告)日：2011-08-18

申请号：US12764543

申请日：2010-04-21

申请人： Misako KONO ,  Nobuhiro Maki ,  Hironori Emaru ,  Junichi Hara

发明人： Misako KONO ,  Nobuhiro Maki ,  Hironori Emaru ,  Junichi Hara

IPC分类号： G06F12/16

CPC分类号： G06F11/1461 ,  G06F11/1451 ,  G06F11/1456 ,  G06F11/1458

摘要： A backup is completed within a backup window designated by a user.When copying data in a first storage area, which is a backup target, to a second storage area, the capacity of a medium serving as a third storage area which is sufficient to complete a backup within the backup window, is calculated based on information about a differential bitmap describing an area in the second storage area to which the relevant data is copied from the first storage area, configuration information about a storage system where the storage areas are stored, and performance information about media constituting the storage areas; and differential data is copied using the second storage area and the third storage area; and the data written to the third storage area is copied to the second storage area.

摘要翻译： 在用户指定的备份窗口内完成备份。 当将作为备份目标的第一存储区域中的数据复制到第二存储区域时，基于关于在备份窗口内完成备份的足够的第三存储区域的介质的容量来计算 描述从第一存储区域复制相关数据的第二存储区域中的区域的差分位图，以及关于存储区域的存储系统的配置信息以及关于构成存储区域的介质的性能信息; 并且使用第二存储区域和第三存储区域来复制差分数据; 写入第三存储区域的数据被复制到第二存储区域。

公开(公告)号：US08661220B2

公开(公告)日：2014-02-25

申请号：US12764543

申请日：2010-04-21

申请人： Misako Kono ,  Nobuhiro Maki ,  Hironori Emaru ,  Junichi Hara

发明人： Misako Kono ,  Nobuhiro Maki ,  Hironori Emaru ,  Junichi Hara

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F11/1461 ,  G06F11/1451 ,  G06F11/1456 ,  G06F11/1458

摘要： A backup is completed within a backup window designated by a user.When copying data in a first storage area, which is a backup target, to a second storage area, the capacity of a medium serving as a third storage area which is sufficient to complete a backup within the backup window, is calculated based on information about a differential bitmap describing an area in the second storage area to which the relevant data is copied from the first storage area, configuration information about a storage system where the storage areas are stored, and performance information about media constituting the storage areas; and differential data is copied using the second storage area and the third storage area; and the data written to the third storage area is copied to the second storage area.

摘要翻译： 在用户指定的备份窗口内完成备份。 当将作为备份目标的第一存储区域中的数据复制到第二存储区域时，基于关于在备份窗口内完成备份的足够的第三存储区域的介质的容量来计算 描述从第一存储区域复制相关数据的第二存储区域中的区域的差分位图，以及关于存储区域的存储系统的配置信息以及关于构成存储区域的介质的性能信息; 并且使用第二存储区域和第三存储区域来复制差分数据; 写入第三存储区域的数据被复制到第二存储区域。

公开(公告)号：US20120030440A1

公开(公告)日：2012-02-02

申请号：US12988008

申请日：2010-08-02

申请人： Kyoko Miwa ,  Junichi Hara ,  Masayasu Asano

发明人： Kyoko Miwa ,  Junichi Hara ,  Masayasu Asano

IPC分类号： G06F12/00 ,  G06F12/16

CPC分类号： G06F3/0619 ,  G06F3/0607 ,  G06F3/0614 ,  G06F3/0617 ,  G06F3/0622 ,  G06F3/0629 ,  G06F3/0631 ,  G06F3/0637 ,  G06F3/065 ,  G06F3/0665 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F3/0683 ,  G06F11/2069 ,  G06F11/2071 ,  G06F12/0646 ,  G06F12/08 ,  G06F13/00 ,  G06F13/4022 ,  G06F21/6227 ,  G06F2201/84

摘要： A management system is coupled to a storage system group including a scale-out storage system (a virtual storage system). The management system has storage management information, which includes information denoting, for each storage system, whether or not a storage system is a component of a virtual storage system. The management system, based on the storage management information, determines whether or not a first storage system is a component of a virtual storage system, and in a case where the result of this determination is affirmative, identifies, based on the storage management information, a second storage system, which is a storage system other than the virtual storage system that includes the first storage system, and allows a user to perform a specific operation only with respect to this second storage system.

摘要翻译： 管理系统耦合到包括横向扩展存储系统（虚拟存储系统）的存储系统组。 管理系统具有存储管理信息，其包括对于每个存储系统表示存储系统是否是虚拟存储系统的组件的信息。 管理系统基于存储管理信息，确定第一存储系统是否是虚拟存储系统的组件，并且在确定结果为肯定的情况下，基于存储管理信息， 第二存储系统，其是除了包括第一存储系统的虚拟存储系统之外的存储系统，并且允许用户仅针对该第二存储系统执行特定操作。

公开(公告)号：US20110185130A1

公开(公告)日：2011-07-28

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： G06F12/00 ,  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：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。