Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110099331 | STORAGE SYSTEM - In a computer system including a plurality of data storage apparatuses and a management computer, a given data storage apparatus, upon receipt of a control request for a local data storage apparatus from a management computer, accesses the hierarchical relation information between the storage areas in the local data storage apparatus and the storage areas of the other data storage apparatuses, and in the case where a storage area in the local data storage apparatus is set to correspond to a level lower than the other data storage apparatuses, transmits an approval request to the other data storage apparatuses. The given data storage apparatus, upon receipt of the approval from the other data storage apparatuses, executes the control request of the management computer. | 04-28-2011 |
20110314193 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND ITS RENEWAL METHOD - A computer system including a management computer for managing the entire system, an integral apparatus, and a high-level connecting device for connecting the management computer and the integral apparatus is designed so that the management computer retains integral apparatus internal configuration information, configuration information about an integral apparatus to be introduced, that indicates the configuration of the integral apparatus that may possibly be introduced to the system, and lifetime information indicating lifetime of the integral apparatus; obtains connectivity guarantee information indicating whether connectivity between the computer and the storage apparatus is guaranteed or not; selects an integral apparatus to be removed from the system by referring to the lifetime information; selects an integral apparatus to be introduced to the system by referring to the integral apparatus internal configuration information, the configuration information about the integral apparatus to be introduced, and the connectivity guarantee information. | 12-22-2011 |
20120066680 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ELIMINATING PATCH DUPLICATION - A first computer is provided that executes a plurality of virtual machines (VMs), a storage device, and a second computer is provided that applies patches to OSs (operating systems) operating upon the VMs to the VMs. The storage device holds storage regions (golden images (GIs)) that store data of the OSs operating upon the VMs at certain time instants, a storage region (i.e. a storage pool) that stores patches applied to the OSs of the VMs after those certain time instants, and snapshots of the GIs. Patches applied to the OSs of the VMs accessed in the snapshots are stored in the storage pool. The second computer selects, as a GI to be a source of acquisition of snapshots, a GI to which are applied patches of a combination that can be created from patches applied to the OS of some VM, and deletes patches that are patches applied to the selected GI, and that moreover, among the patches applied to that VM, are stored in the storage pool. | 03-15-2012 |
20120215945 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND ITS RENEWAL METHOD - A computer system including a management computer for managing the entire system, an integral apparatus, and a high-level connecting device for connecting the management computer and the integral apparatus is designed so that the management computer retains integral apparatus internal configuration information, configuration information about an integral apparatus to be introduced, that indicates the configuration of the integral apparatus that may possibly be introduced to the system, and lifetime information indicating lifetime of the integral apparatus; obtains connectivity guarantee information indicating whether connectivity between the computer and the storage apparatus is guaranteed or not; selects an integral apparatus to be removed from the system by referring to the lifetime information; selects an integral apparatus to be introduced to the system by referring to the integral apparatus internal configuration information, the configuration information about the integral apparatus to be introduced, and the connectivity guarantee information. | 08-23-2012 |
20120222028 | VIRTUAL COMPUTER MANAGEMENT METHOD AND VIRTUAL COMPUTER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - It is an object of the present invention to provide a technique that can comprehensively manage plural kinds of network addresses allocated to virtual computers. | 08-30-2012 |
20120246425 | STORAGE SYSTEM AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT METHOD OF STORAGE SYSTEM - It is an object to use a storage region in an efficient manner and maintain a performance of a storage system. | 09-27-2012 |
20120265882 | RESOURCE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND COMPUTER SYSTEM - A resource management method executed in a computer system including a plurality of computers which provide a plurality of hosts for executing a virtualization program; and a management computer which is coupled to each of the plurality of computers via a network and manages the plurality of computers, wherein: the hosts include physical hosts and logical hosts; the management computer has a resource management unit for managing physical resources of clusters composed of a plurality of the hosts; the clusters include at least one complex clusters composed of at least one of the physical hosts and at least one of the logical hosts; and the resource management method including; a first step of specifying a target logical host configuring the complex cluster, and a second step of changing the allocated amount of the physical resources to the target logical host. | 10-18-2012 |
20120265956 | STORAGE SUBSYSTEM, DATA MIGRATION METHOD AND COMPUTER SYSTEM - It is provided a storage subsystem, comprising: a storage device which provides a volume for storing data; a processor which executes a program for controlling the storage subsystem; a memory which stores data used by the processor; and a port which is coupled to another storage subsystem. The memory stores interface management information, which holds a use of the port in migration, and port management information, which holds a use of a port of the another storage subsystem in migration. The processor refers to the interface management information and the port management information to identify a port of the another storage subsystem which is permitted to communicate with the port of the storage subsystem, in order to determine a communication zone of the port coupled to the another storage subsystem for migration. | 10-18-2012 |
20120271907 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND PERFORMANCE ASSURANCE METHOD - Proposed are a computer system and a performance assurance method capable of stabilizing the I/O performance of a plurality of logical partitions sharing a network path. | 10-25-2012 |
20120278584 | INFORMATION STORAGE SYSTEM AND STORAGE SYSTEM MANAGEMENT METHOD - An embodiment of this invention is an information storage system comprising a plurality of storage systems connected to be able to communicate. Each of the plurality of storage systems includes default storage system identification information which is the same to the plurality of storage systems, common volume identification information for uniquely identifying volumes provided by the plurality of storage systems to a host computer among the plurality of storage systems, and a controller configured to return the default storage system identification information to the host computer in response to a request from the host computer and to process a read or write request to a volume accompanying the common volume identification information from the host computer. | 11-01-2012 |
20130024639 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND DATA MIGRATION METHOD THEREOF - Data migration can be preformed between source and target storage subsystems without stopping exchanging data between a host computer and each of the storage subsystems. | 01-24-2013 |
20130073780 | VOLUME SHARING METHOD AND STORAGE SYSTEM USING THE SAME - Since only one golden image (GI) of a snapshot can exist and is shared among a plurality of storage apparatuses, there was a problem that migration or copy thereof deteriorates the capacity efficiency and increases the cost for managing consistency. The present invention solves the above-mentioned problem by either (1) a direct sharing method of generating a parent-child relationship of snapshots among different storage apparatuses at the time of creating differential LUs from the GI or (2) a virtual sharing method of creating virtual LUs of the GI in the respective storage apparatuses and creating differential LUs of the snapshots from the created virtual LUs, using a storage virtualization function among a plurality of storage apparatuses. | 03-21-2013 |
20130073825 | STORAGE APPARATUS, COMPUTER SYSTEM, AND DATA MIGRATION METHOD - Provided is a method of using a dynamic chunk allocation function to efficiently carry out data volume migration. A storage apparatus according to the present invention includes first and second storage units and divides a storage extent in the second storage unit into chunks to add the chunks to a chunk pool to dynamically allocate the chunks in the chunk pool to a newly created logical data volume (see FIG. | 03-21-2013 |
20130110966 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THEREFOR | 05-02-2013 |
20130117427 | COMPUTER SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MANAGING RESOURCE POOL INFORMATION - A computer system is provided that is capable of reducing an administrator's operational errors by connecting a new server to a SAN and automating a SAN boot setting, and capable of lightening the administrator's task of checking for a wrong connection by detecting a wrong connection made when a new server is connected to an SNW connection device. Once a new server connected to a PnP SAN starts with a boot program obtained from a boot management server, the new server transmits configuration information on the new server to a resource management server. In response to a request from the resource management server, a storage device refers to PnP SAN information to transmit SAN information on a storage network connection device to which the new server is connected. The resource management server determines to add the new server to a resource group on the basis of the SAN information and requirement information. The resource management server sets the storage device and the new server for SAN-booting the new server. | 05-09-2013 |
20130246668 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND ITS RENEWAL METHOD - A computer system including a management computer for managing the entire system, an integral apparatus, and a high-level connecting device for connecting the management computer and the integral apparatus is designed so that the management computer retains integral apparatus internal configuration information, configuration information about an integral apparatus to be introduced, that indicates the configuration of the integral apparatus that may possibly be introduced to the system, and lifetime information indicating lifetime of the integral apparatus; obtains connectivity guarantee information indicating whether connectivity between the computer and the storage apparatus is guaranteed or not; selects an integral apparatus to be removed from the system by referring to the lifetime information; selects an integral apparatus to be introduced to the system by referring to the integral apparatus internal configuration information, the configuration information about the integral apparatus to be introduced, and the connectivity guarantee information. | 09-19-2013 |
20130282887 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND VIRTUAL SERVER MIGRATION CONTROL METHOD FOR COMPUTER SYSTEM - When migrating a virtual server between a plurality of physical servers, a pre-migration connection relationship between the virtual server and a storage area used by the virtual server is maintained after the migration of the virtual server by using a cooperative mechanism between a plurality of storage apparatuses even if the storage area used by the virtual server is migrated between the plurality of storage apparatuses. A computer system and virtual server migration control method for the computer system is described. | 10-24-2013 |
20130311645 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT METHOD - A management system outputs catalog data, which has been created based on catalog-source data comprising data showing at least an application of a relevant resource with respect to each of multiple providable resources, and which shows the respective applications of the multiple resources, and receives a selection of a resource to be provided from the multiple resources. The management system provides the selected resource as a provided resource, and determines, based on a performance threshold configured with respect to the application of the provided resource, whether or not a performance measurement value, which relates to the processing performance of a network service using the provided resource and which can be monitored by the management system, is normal. | 11-21-2013 |
20140325015 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND ITS RENEWAL METHOD - A computer system including a management computer for managing the entire system, an integral apparatus, and a high-level connecting device for connecting the management computer and the integral apparatus is designed so that the management computer retains integral apparatus internal configuration information, configuration information about an integral apparatus to be introduced, that indicates the configuration of the integral apparatus that may possibly be introduced to the system, and lifetime information indicating lifetime of the integral apparatus; obtains connectivity guarantee information indicating whether connectivity between the computer and the storage apparatus is guaranteed or not; selects an integral apparatus to be removed from the system by referring to the lifetime information; selects an integral apparatus to be introduced to the system by referring to the integral apparatus internal configuration information, the configuration information about the integral apparatus to be introduced, and the connectivity guarantee information. | 10-30-2014 |