Storage system, management method, and management apparatus

• US 20080133854A1
• Filed: 01/25/2007
• Published: 06/05/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Fukuguchi, Hitoshi
• Granted Patent: US 7,836,265 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 711/161
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0605 by facilitating the interaction with a user or administrator
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0649 Lifecycle management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0653 Monitoring storage devices or systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/067 Distributed or networked storage systems, e.g. storage area networks [SAN], network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0685 Hybrid storage combining heterogeneous device types, e.g. hierarchical storage, hybrid arrays
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/018 Certifying business or products

Abstract

In order to provide a storage system for enabling an administrator to manage information for each apparatus in a straightforward manner, the present invention comprises an acquiring section for acquiring a connection relationship of host apparatus, host management apparatus, storage apparatus, and storage management apparatus, a storage relationship for programs every host apparatus, and a saving period for saving data every program, based on external operation, and a display control section for displaying the connection relationship and storage relationship acquired by the acquiring section on a display screen, and displaying the saved period every program on the same screen as the connection relationship and the storage relationship.

Claims

1. A storage system comprising:

host apparatus for storing predetermined programs;

host management apparatus for managing the host apparatus;

storage apparatus for storing data handled by the programs;

storage management apparatus for managing the storage apparatus; and

management apparatus for managing the host apparatus, the host management apparatus, the storage apparatus and the storage management apparatus,

the management apparatus comprising;

an acquiring section for acquiring a connection relationship between the host apparatus, the host management apparatus, the storage apparatus and the storage management apparatus, a storage relationship for the programs every host apparatus, and a saving period of saving the data every program, based on external operation; and

a display control section for displaying the connection relationship and the storage relationship acquired by the acquiring section on a display screen, and displaying the saving period every program on the same screen as the connection relationship and the storage relationship.

2. The storage system according to claim 1, wherein the acquiring section of the management apparatus

acquires regulating law disclosing a period the data is to be saved for and a regulated saving period the data is to be saved for based on external operation, and

the management apparatus comprises:

a changing section for instructing changing of the saving period at the regulated saving period of the regulating law acquired by the acquiring section and instructing the host apparatus, the host management apparatus, the storage apparatus and/or the storage management apparatus to change to the saving period acquired by the acquiring section based on external operation.

3. The storage system according to claim 2, wherein the display control section

displays all of the programs acquired by the acquiring section as selectable while the changing section changes the saving period to the regulated saving period,

and the changing section

changes the saving period to the regulated saving period when predetermined programs of all of the programs displayed by the display control section are selected based on external operation.

4. The storage system according to claim 2, wherein the display control section

displays programs of the programs acquired by the acquiring section where the saving period is not yet set as selectable while the changing section changes the saving period to the regulated saving period,

and the changing section

changes the saving period to the regulated saving period when predetermined programs of the programs where the saving period is not yet set displayed by the display control section are selected based on external operation.

5. The storage system according to claim 2, wherein the changing section

changes the regulated saving period of the regulating law for the programs of the programs acquired by the acquiring section where the saving period is not yet set according to data type of the program based on external operation.

6. The storage system according to claim 1, wherein the display control section

displays a predetermined connection relationship for the host apparatus, the host management apparatus, the storage apparatus, and/or the storage management apparatus and/or a predetermined storage relationship for the programs each host apparatus in an emphasized manner based on external operation.

7. The storage system according to claim 1, wherein the display control section

displays only the saving period of programs of the same data type.

8. The storage system according to claim 1, wherein the display control section

displays the saving periods of the programs in an emphasized manner when there is a disparity between the saving period of the program and the regulated saving period of the regulating law according to the data type of the programs.

9. A management method comprising:

a first step of a processor acquiring a connection relationship of host apparatus for storing predetermined programs, host management apparatus for managing the host apparatus, storage apparatus for storing the data handled by the programs, and storage management apparatus for managing the storage apparatus, a relationship for storing the programs every host apparatus, and saving periods for saving the data every program, based on external operation; and

a second step of a processor displaying the connection relationship and the storage relationship acquired in the first step on a display screen, and displaying the saving period every program on the same screen as the connection relationship and the storage relationship.

10. The management method of claim 9, the first step

acquiring regulating law disclosing a period the data is to be saved for and a regulated saving period the data is to be saved for based on external operation, and comprising:

a third step of instructing changing of the saving period at the regulated saving period of the regulating law acquired in the first step and instructing the host apparatus, the host management apparatus, the storage apparatus and/or the storage management apparatus to change to the saving period acquired in the first step based on external operation.

11. The management method of claim 10, wherein, in the third step,

all of the programs acquired in the first step are displayed as selectable while changing the saving period to the regulated saving period, and the saving period is changed to the regulated saving period when predetermined programs of all of the programs displayed in the second step are selected based on external operation.

12. The management method disclosed in claim 10, wherein, in the third step,

programs of the programs acquired in the first step where the saving period is not yet set are displayed as selectable while changing the saving period to the regulated saving period, and the saving period is changed to the regulated saving period when predetermined programs of the programs where the saving period is not yet set displayed in the second step are selected based on external operation.

13. The management method according to claim 10, wherein the third step

changes the regulated saving period of the regulating law for the programs of the programs acquired in the first step where the saving period is not yet set according to data type of the program based on external operation.

14. The management method according to claim 9, wherein the second step

displays a predetermined connection relationship for the host apparatus, the host management apparatus, the storage apparatus, and/or the storage management apparatus and/or a predetermined storage relationship for the programs each host apparatus in an emphasized manner based on external operation.

15. The management method according to claim 9, wherein the second step

displays only the saving period of programs of the same data type.

16. The management method of claim 9, wherein the second step

displays the saving periods of the programs in an emphasized manner when there is a disparity between the saving period of the program and the regulated saving period of the regulating law according to the data type of the programs.

17. Management apparatus for managing a plurality of apparatus, comprising:

an acquiring section for acquiring a connection relationship for the plurality of apparatus, a storage relationship for predetermined programs stored at predetermined apparatus of the apparatus, and a saving period for saving the data each program; and

a display control section for displaying the connection relationship and the storage relationship acquired by the acquiring section on a display screen, and displaying the saving period every program on the same screen as the connection relationship and the storage relationship.