Method of creating a storage area and storage device
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Abstract
An administrator is required to prepare in advance LU as a pool area when a user storage area is set to a storage. LU configuration is generally cumbersome and it is not easy for a general user to configure it. A pool manager 1 and a storage 1 setting utility in a management console 1 communicate with a program in a storage 1. The storage 1 sets a pool area having a designated capacity. In response to a volume forming request from the management console 1, the storage 1 sets a designated volume by setting the designated volume as a used capacity of the set pool area. When a volume is formed, a policy is designated to select a storage area having a corresponding attribute from the pool area.
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36 Claims
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16. A computer program stored on a computer readable medium for setting a logical storage area in a storage system comprising:
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code for receiving setting conditions from a management consol coupled to said storage system;
code for checking whether or not a storage area meeting the received setting conditions exists in said storage system;
code for defining a logical storage area that meets the received setting conditions if a storage area meeting the received setting conditions exists in said storage system; and
code for sending a completion notification from said storage system to said management consol, the completion notification indicating that the definition of the logical storage area has been completed. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A storage system, comprising;
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a plurality of disk drives to store data;
a network interface coupling the storage system to a network;
a computer readable medium including a computer program for setting a logical storage area in said storage system, the computer program comprising;
code for receiving setting conditions from a management consol coupled to said storage system;
code for checking whether or not a storage area meeting the received setting conditions exists in said storage system;
code for defining a logical storage area that meets the received setting conditions if a storage area meeting the received setting conditions exists in said storage system; and
code for sending a completion notification from said storage system to said management consol, the completion notification indicating that the definition of the logical storage area has been completed. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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