公开(公告)号：US08307185B2

公开(公告)日：2012-11-06

申请号：US13239982

申请日：2011-09-22

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： G06F12/00 ,  G06F13/00

CPC分类号： G06F11/2071 ,  G06F9/5016 ,  G06F11/2069

摘要： Arrangements for transfer and replication of data. A host computer retains a transfer volume management information including HDD identifiers corresponding to a plurality of primary volumes and identifiers of at least one of transfer volumes, wherein, from a plurality of volumes in a first storage device, the host computer extracts a reserve volume as an additional transfer volume, if a capacity usage of the at least one of the transfer volumes reaches or goes above a predetermined level, wherein the host computer transmits an allocation request about the additional transfer volume, wherein, after receiving the allocation request, the first storage device implements the reserve volume as the additional transfer volume corresponding to the at least one of transfer volumes for transfer of write data to the second storage device.

摘要翻译： 传输和复制数据的安排。 主计算机保留包括对应于多个主卷的HDD标识符和至少一个传送卷的标识符的传送卷管理信息，其中，从第一存储设备中的多个卷中，主计算机提取备用卷作为 如果所述至少一个传送卷的容量使用达到或超过预定级别，则所述主计算机传送关于所述附加传送卷的分配请求，其中，在接收到所述分配请求之后，所述第一 存储设备实现预留量作为与用于将写入数据传送到第二存储设备的传送卷中的至少一个对应的附加传送卷。

公开(公告)号：US07441145B2

公开(公告)日：2008-10-21

申请号：US10964761

申请日：2004-10-15

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

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

IPC分类号： G06F11/00

CPC分类号： G06F11/2028 ,  G06F11/201 ,  G06F11/3495

摘要： To provide a computer system capable of detecting a failure at an early stage while keeping down an increase in I/O load due to failure monitoring. The computer system includes plural storage systems connected in stages between a first computer and a second computer. The first computer sends control I/O to the storage systems. The second computer monitors control I/O transferred through the storage systems; and when there is control I/O that has not been transferred successfully, requests state information of the storage systems to transfer the control I/O.

摘要翻译： 提供能够在故障监视期间能够在降低I / O负载增加的同时早期检测故障的计算机系统。 计算机系统包括在第一计算机和第二计算机之间分阶段连接的多个存储系统。 第一台计算机将控制I / O发送到存储系统。 第二台计算机监控通过存储系统传输的I / O控制; 并且当存在尚未成功传送的控制I / O时，请求存储系统的状态信息来传送控制I / O。

公开(公告)号：US20120011320A1

公开(公告)日：2012-01-12

申请号：US13239982

申请日：2011-09-22

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： G06F12/02

CPC分类号： G06F11/2071 ,  G06F9/5016 ,  G06F11/2069

摘要： Arrangements for transfer and replication of data. A host computer retains a transfer volume management information including HDD identifiers corresponding to a plurality of primary volumes and identifiers of at least one of transfer volumes, wherein, from a plurality of volumes in a first storage device, the host computer extracts a reserve volume as an additional transfer volume, if a capacity usage of the at least one of the transfer volumes reaches or goes above a predetermined level, wherein the host computer transmits an allocation request about the additional transfer volume, wherein, after receiving the allocation request, the first storage device implements the reserve volume as the additional transfer volume corresponding to the at least one of transfer volumes for transfer of write data to the second storage device.

摘要翻译： 传输和复制数据的安排。 主计算机保留包括对应于多个主卷的HDD标识符和至少一个传送卷的标识符的传送卷管理信息，其中，从第一存储设备中的多个卷中，主计算机提取备用卷作为 如果所述至少一个传送卷的容量使用达到或超过预定级别，则所述主计算机传送关于所述附加传送卷的分配请求，其中，在接收到所述分配请求之后，所述第一 存储设备实现预留量作为与用于将写入数据传送到第二存储设备的传送卷中的至少一个对应的附加传送卷。

公开(公告)号：US20060036825A1

公开(公告)日：2006-02-16

申请号：US11250367

申请日：2005-10-17

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： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F11/2071 ,  G06F9/5016 ,  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 R11, R12. The first host adaptor 21 receiving the reserved volume R11, R12 allocation request allocates reserved volume R11 to transfer group TG1, whereby a virtual transfer volume is formed by transfer volume T11 and the reserved volume R11 allocated thereto. As a result, capacity of the virtual transfer volume is increased by the equivalent of the reserved volume R11 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R11，R12的指令。 接收保留卷R11，R12分配请求的第一主机适配器21分配保留卷R11以传送组TG 1，由此通过传送卷T 11和分配给它的保留卷R 11形成虚拟传送卷。 结果，虚拟传送卷的容量相当于保留卷R11的容量，从而可以存储额外的传送帧。

公开(公告)号：US20060031709A1

公开(公告)日：2006-02-09

申请号：US10964761

申请日：2004-10-15

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

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

IPC分类号： G06F11/00

CPC分类号： G06F11/2028 ,  G06F11/201 ,  G06F11/3495

摘要： To provide a computer system capable of detecting a failure at an early stage while keeping down an increase in I/O load due to failure monitoring. The computer system includes plural storage systems connected in stages between a first computer and a second computer. The first computer sends control I/O to the storage systems. The second computer monitors control I/O transferred through the storage systems; and when there is control I/O that has not been transferred successfully, requests state information of the storage systems to transfer the control I/O.

摘要翻译： 提供能够在故障监视期间能够在降低I / O负载增加的同时早期检测故障的计算机系统。 计算机系统包括在第一计算机和第二计算机之间分阶段连接的多个存储系统。 第一台计算机将控制I / O发送到存储系统。 第二台计算机监控通过存储系统传输的I / O控制; 并且当存在尚未成功传送的控制I / O时，请求存储系统的状态信息来传送控制I / O。

公开(公告)号：US08032729B2

公开(公告)日：2011-10-04

申请号：US11250367

申请日：2005-10-17

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： G06F12/00 ,  G06F13/00

CPC分类号： G06F11/2071 ,  G06F9/5016 ,  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 R11, R12. The first host adaptor 21 receiving the reserved volume R11, R12 allocation request allocates reserved volume R11 to transfer group TG1, whereby a virtual transfer volume is formed by transfer volume T11 and the reserved volume R11 allocated thereto. Capacity of the virtual transfer volume is increased by the equivalent of the reserved volume R11 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TG11，TG12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，向 第一存储装置20分配保留卷R11，R12的指令。 接收保留卷R11，R12分配请求的第一主机适配器21将保留卷R11分配给传送组TG1，从而由传送卷T11和分配给其的保留卷R11形成虚拟传送卷。 虚拟传输卷的容量相当于保留卷R11的容量，从而可以存储额外的传输帧。

公开(公告)号：US07237078B2

公开(公告)日：2007-06-26

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： G06F12/00

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：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：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。