DATE VOLUME MIGRATION WITH MIGRATION LOG CONFIRMATION

• US 20100235592A1
• Filed: 03/10/2009
• Published: 09/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Kaneda, Yasunori, Otani, Toshio
• Application Number:
  US12/401,035
• Publication Number:
  US 20100235592A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 711/161
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0607 by facilitating the process of upgrading existing storage systems, e.g. for improving compatibility between host and storage device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0637 Permissions
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0647 Migration mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/067 Distributed or networked storage systems, e.g. storage area networks [SAN], network attached storage [NAS]

Abstract

Exemplary embodiments provide data volume migration with migration log confirmation in which the same data volume identifier is used beyond migration for a data volume. In one embodiment, data is migrated to or from a data volume in a data storage area of a storage apparatus. The data being migrated is identified by a data volume identifier which remains unchanged after migration. The same data volume identifier is used in both the source data volume and the destination data volume. The storage apparatus stores migration log information of the data volume. The migration log information includes the data volume identifier, a source name of the source data volume of the data being migrated, a destination name of the destination data volume of the data being migrated, and log information on any prior migration of the data being migrated.

Claims

1. A storage system comprising:

a storage apparatus including a processor and a data storage area;

wherein data is migrated to or from a data volume in the data storage area of the storage apparatus;

wherein the data volume in the data storage area of the storage apparatus is a source data volume if the data is migrated from the data volume to another data volume, and the data volume in the data storage area of the storage apparatus is a destination data volume if data is migrated to the data volume;

wherein the data being migrated is identified by a data volume identifier which remains unchanged after migration, and the same data volume identifier is used in both the source data volume and the destination data volume; and

wherein the storage apparatus stores migration log information of the data volume, the migration log information including the data volume identifier, a source name of the source data volume of the data being migrated, a destination name of the destination data volume of the data being migrated, and log information on any prior migration of the data being migrated.

2. A storage system according to claim 1,

wherein the migration log information includes a migration timestamp at a time of generating the migration log information, a migration status of the migration of the data being migrated, and a generation number indicating a number of times the data has been migrated.

3. A storage system according to claim 1,

wherein the data is migrated between the data volume in the data storage area of the storage apparatus and another data volume in another storage apparatus;

and

wherein the storage apparatus performs one of;

obtaining migration log information of the source data volume including log information on any prior migration of the data in the source data volume, and updating the migration log information to include the migration of the data from the source data volume to the destination data volume;

or

generating new migration log information of the migration of the data from the source data volume to the destination data volume.

4. A storage system according to claim 1, wherein the data is migrated between the data volume in the data storage area of the storage apparatus and another data volume in another storage apparatus, the storage system further comprising a data migration apparatus connected between the two storage apparatuses, wherein the data migration apparatus performs one of:

obtaining migration log information of the source data volume including log information on any prior migration of the data in the source data volume, updating the migration log information to include the migration of the data from the source data volume to the destination data volume, and providing the updated migration log information to at least one of the two storage apparatuses;

or

generating new migration log information of the migration of the data from the source data volume to the destination data volume, and providing the new migration log information to at least one of the two storage apparatuses.

5. A storage system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a network connected to the storage apparatus, the network including a plurality of switches belonging to a plurality of zones, each switch being permitted to access a data volume belonging to the same zone as said each switch,

wherein, prior to permitting data flow between one of the switches and a target data volume in the same zone as the one switch, the one switch obtains the migration log information of the target data volume, determines whether the data in the target data volume has been migrated to another data volume based on the migration log information, and permits data flow between the one switch and the target data volume if the data has not been migrated to another data volume.

6. A storage system according to claim 5,

wherein at least two data volumes have the same data volume identifier after data migration between the at least two data volumes;

and

wherein, prior to permitting data flow between one of the switches and any of the at least two data volumes, the one switch compares the migration log information of the at least two data volumes, determines which of the at least two data volumes is the latest data volume based on the migration log information, and permits data flow between the one switch and the latest data volume.

7. A data migration method comprising:

migrating data to or from a data volume in the data storage area of the storage apparatus;

wherein the data volume in the data storage area of the storage apparatus is a source data volume if the data is migrated from the data volume to another data volume, and the data volume in the data storage area of the storage apparatus is a destination data volume if data is migrated to the data volume;

wherein the data being migrated is identified by a data volume identifier which remains unchanged after migration, and the same data volume identifier is used in both the source data volume and the destination data volume; and

storing, in the storage apparatus, migration log information of the data volume, the migration log information including the data volume identifier, a source name of the source data volume of the data being migrated, a destination name of the destination data volume of the data being migrated, and log information on any prior migration of the data being migrated.

8. A data migration method according to claim 7,

wherein the migration log information includes a migration timestamp at a time of generating the migration log information, a migration status of the migration of the data being migrated, and a generation number indicating a number of times the data has been migrated.

9. A data migration method according to claim 7, wherein the data is migrated between the data volume in the data storage area of the storage apparatus and another data volume in another storage apparatus, the method further comprising performing one of:

obtaining migration log information of the source data volume including log information on any prior migration of the data in the source data volume, and updating the migration log information to include the migration of the data from the source data volume to the destination data volume;

or

generating new migration log information of the migration of the data from the source data volume to the destination data volume.

10. A data migration method according to claim 7, wherein the data is migrated between the data volume in the data storage area of the storage apparatus and another data volume in another storage apparatus, and wherein a data migration apparatus is connected between the two storage apparatuses, the method further comprising performing by the data migration apparatus one of:

obtaining migration log information of the source data volume including log information on any prior migration of the data in the source data volume, updating the migration log information to include the migration of the data from the source data volume to the destination data volume, and providing the updated migration log information to at least one of the two storage apparatuses;

or

generating new migration log information of the migration of the data from the source data volume to the destination data volume, and providing the new migration log information to at least one of the two storage apparatuses.

11. A data migration method according to claim 7, wherein a network is connected to the storage apparatus, the network including a plurality of switches belonging to a plurality of zones, each switch being permitted to access a data volume belonging to the same zone as said each switch, the method further comprising:

prior to permitting data flow between one of the switches and a target data volume in the same zone as the one switch, obtaining the migration log information of the target data volume, determining whether the data in the target data volume has been migrated to another data volume based on the migration log information, and permitting data flow between the one switch and the target data volume if the data has not been migrated to another data volume.

12. A data migration method according to claim 11, wherein at least two data volumes have the same data volume identifier after data migration between the at least two data volumes, the method further comprising:

prior to permitting data flow between one of the switches and any of the at least two data volumes, comparing the migration log information of the at least two data volumes, determining which of the at least two data volumes is the latest data volume based on the migration log information, and permitting data flow between the one switch and the latest data volume.

13. A computer-readable storage medium storing a plurality of instructions for controlling a data processor to manage data flow in a storage system that includes a data storage area, the plurality of instructions comprising:

instructions that cause the data processor to migrate data to or from a data volume in the data storage area of the storage apparatus;

wherein the data volume in the data storage area of the storage apparatus is a source data volume if the data is migrated from the data volume to another data volume, and the data volume in the data storage area of the storage apparatus is a destination data volume if data is migrated to the data volume;

wherein the data being migrated is identified by a data volume identifier which remains unchanged after migration, and the same data volume identifier is used in both the source data volume and the destination data volume; and

instructions that cause the data processor to store, in the storage apparatus, migration log information of the data volume, the migration log information including the data volume identifier, a source name of the source data volume of the data being migrated, a destination name of the destination data volume of the data being migrated, and log information on any prior migration of the data being migrated.

14. A computer-readable storage medium according to claim 13,

wherein the migration log information includes a migration timestamp at a time of generating the migration log information, a migration status of the migration of the data being migrated, and a generation number indicating a number of times the data has been migrated.

15. A computer-readable storage medium according to claim 13, wherein the data is migrated between the data volume in the data storage area of the storage apparatus and another data volume in another storage apparatus, the plurality of instructions further comprising instructions that cause the data processor to perform one of:

obtaining migration log information of the source data volume including log information on any prior migration of the data in the source data volume, and updating the migration log information to include the migration of the data from the source data volume to the destination data volume;

or

generating new migration log information of the migration of the data from the source data volume to the destination data volume.

16. A computer-readable storage medium according to claim 13, wherein the data is migrated between the data volume in the data storage area of the storage apparatus and another data volume in another storage apparatus, and wherein a data migration apparatus is connected between the two storage apparatuses, the plurality of instructions further comprising instructions that cause a processor of the data migration apparatus to perform one of:

obtaining migration log information of the source data volume including log information on any prior migration of the data in the source data volume, updating the migration log information to include the migration of the data from the source data volume to the destination data volume, and providing the updated migration log information to at least one of the two storage apparatuses;

or

generating new migration log information of the migration of the data from the source data volume to the destination data volume, and providing the new migration log information to at least one of the two storage apparatuses.

17. A computer-readable storage medium according to claim 13, wherein a network is connected to the storage apparatus, the network including a plurality of switches belonging to a plurality of zones, each switch being permitted to access a data volume belonging to the same zone as said each switch, the plurality of instructions further comprising instructions that cause the data processor to:

prior to permitting data flow between one of the switches and a target data volume in the same zone as the one switch, obtain the migration log information of the target data volume, determine whether the data in the target data volume has been migrated to another data volume based on the migration log information, and permit data flow between the one switch and the target data volume if the data has not been migrated to another data volume.

18. A computer-readable storage medium according to claim 17, wherein at least two data volumes have the same data volume identifier after data migration between the at least two data volumes, the plurality of instructions further comprising instructions that cause the data processor to:

prior to permitting data flow between one of the switches and any of the at least two data volumes, compare the migration log information of the at least two data volumes, determine which of the at least two data volumes is the latest data volume based on the migration log information, and permit data flow between the one switch and the latest data volume.