Information processing apparatus, storage control apparatus, and computer-readable recording medium having stored program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9547501-B2
Application number	US-201414477926-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 5, 2014
Priority date	Sep 30, 2013
Publication date	Jan 17, 2017
Grant date	Jan 17, 2017

Abstract

The information processing apparatus includes a first device which is managed by a first OS, a second device which is managed by a second OS, and a processing unit. The processing unit causes the first OS and the second OS, the first OS to load a first maintenance driver corresponding to the first device, the first maintenance driver to perform maintenance control of the first device, the first OS to load a second maintenance driver corresponding to the second device, and the second maintenance driver to perform maintenance control of the second device. Therefore, it is possible to efficiently achieve the maintenance control of a plurality of devices, each of which is managed by a plurality of operating systems.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a first device configured to be managed by a first operating system;
a second device configured to be managed by a second operating system; and
a processing unit configured to cause the first operating system and the second operating system to operate, cause the first operating system to load a first maintenance driver corresponding to the first device, cause the first maintenance driver to perform maintenance control of the first device, cause the first operating system to load a second maintenance driver corresponding to of the second device, and cause the second maintenance driver to perform maintenance control of the second device, wherein
the first maintenance driver has both a first maintenance function which is used for maintenance control of the first device at a time of startup and maintenance and a control function which is used in control performed by the first operating system when the first device operates, and
the second maintenance driver has only a second maintenance function which is used for maintenance control of the second device at the time of startup and maintenance; and
wherein the processing unit causes the first operating system to obtain information relating to the second device, and to perform the maintenance control of the second device, using the second maintenance driver during a period when the second operating system is suspended in operation.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the processing unit causes the first operating system to perform setting control of the second device using the second maintenance driver during a period when the second operating system is suspended in operation.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the first operating system is a storage area network (SAN) operating system which performs SAN control, and
the second operating system is a network attached storage (NAS) operating system which performs NAS control.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising
a control driver configured to be used in control performed by the second operating system when the second device operates.

5. A storage control apparatus which controls a storage unit, comprising:
a first device configured to be managed by a first operating system which performs storage area network (SAN) control;
a second device configured to be managed by a second operating system which performs network attached storage (NAS) control; and
a processing unit configured to cause the first operating system and the second operating system to operate, cause the first operating system to load a first maintenance driver corresponding to the first device, cause the first maintenance driver to perform maintenance control of the first device, cause the first operating system to load a second maintenance driver corresponding to the second, and cause the second maintenance driver to perform maintenance control of the second device, wherein
the first maintenance driver has both a first maintenance function which is used for maintenance control of the first device at a time of startup and maintenance and a control function which is used in control performed by the first operating system when the first device operates, and
the second maintenance driver has only a second maintenance function which is used for maintenance control of the second device at the time of startup and maintenance; and
wherein the processing unit causes the first operating system to obtain information relating to the second device, and to perform the maintenance control of the second device, using the second maintenance driver during a period when the second operating system is suspended in operation.

6. The storage control apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein
the processing unit causes the first operating system to perform setting control of the second device using the second maintenance driver during a period when the second operating system is suspended in operation.

7. The storage control apparatus according to claim 5 , further comprising
a control driver configured to be used in control performed by the second operating system when the second device operates.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored therein a program, wherein the program, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform causing a first operating system managing a first device and a second operating system managing a second device to operate,
causing the first operating system to load a first maintenance driver corresponding to the first device, and causing the first maintenance driver to perform maintenance control of the first device, and
causing the first operating system to load a second maintenance driver corresponding to the second device, and causing the second maintenance driver to perform maintenance control of the second device, wherein
the first maintenance driver has both a first maintenance function which is used for maintenance control of the first device at a time of startup and maintenance and a control function which is used in control performed by the first operating system when the first device operates, and
the second maintenance driver has only a second maintenance function which is used for maintenance control of the second device at the time of startup and maintenance; and
wherein the program causes the computer to perform causing the first operating system to obtain information relating to the second device and to execute the maintenance control of the second device, using the second maintenance driver during a period when the second operating system is suspended in operation.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored therein the program according to claim 8 , wherein
the program causes the computer to perform
causing the first operating system to perform setting control of the second device using the second maintenance driver during a period when the second operating system is suspended in operation.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored therein the program according to claim 8 , wherein
the first operating system is a storage area network (SAN) operating system which performs SAN control, and
the second operating system is a network attached storage (NAS) operating system which performs NAS control.

Assignees

• Fujitsu Ltd

Inventors

• Shichino Nobuyuki

Classifications

• G06F3/0634

  by changing the state or mode of one or more devices · CPC title

• G06F3/0605

  by facilitating the interaction with a user or administrator · CPC title

• G06F3/067

  Distributed or networked storage systems, e.g. storage area networks [SAN], network attached storage [NAS] · CPC title

• G06F9/4411 Primary

  Configuring for operating with peripheral devices; Loading of device drivers · CPC title

• G06F2009/45579

  I/O management, e.g. providing access to device drivers or storage · CPC title