Management apparatus and management method using copy pair of virtual volumes

US9092139B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9092139-B2
Application numberUS-201213575141-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJul 5, 2012
Priority dateJul 5, 2012
Publication dateJul 28, 2015
Grant dateJul 28, 2015

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A management apparatus and management method capable of simplifying system management and constructing copy pairs with fault tolerance intended by a user are suggested. With a computer system for providing a host system with logical volumes in the system respectively as virtual volumes in one virtual storage apparatus, each storage apparatus is grouped in accordance with a designated grouping policy and a group ID specific to a storage group, to which the relevant storage apparatus belongs, is assigned to each storage apparatus; and when setting a copy pair, a part or whole of each logical volume is switched to an appropriate logical volume as needed in accordance with a copy pair setting policy, including a location relationship of the respective logical volumes associated with the respective virtual volumes constituting the copy pair, based on the group ID of each storage apparatus.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A management apparatus for managing a computer system including a plurality of storage apparatuses disposed in a plurality of sites, for virtually providing a virtual storage apparatus to a host system over the plurality of storage apparatuses, each of the plurality of storage apparatuses having a logical volume as a virtual volume of the virtual storage apparatus, the management apparatus comprising: a storage apparatus grouping unit configured to gro…

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What does patent US9092139B2 cover?
A management apparatus and management method capable of simplifying system management and constructing copy pairs with fault tolerance intended by a user are suggested. With a computer system for providing a host system with logical volumes in the system respectively as virtual volumes in one virtual storage apparatus, each storage apparatus is grouped in accordance with a designated grou…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Mitsuno Takanori, Arakawa Hiroshi, Hitachi Ltd
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06F3/0605. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jul 28 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).