CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM
First Claim
1. A management method of an information processing system including an active server apparatus and a standby server apparatus coupled to one another, and a management server coupled to the active server apparatus and to the standby server apparatus, which after turning on a power supply to the standby server apparatus, performs a failover from the active server apparatus to the standby server apparatus when detecting an occurrence of a failure in the active server apparatus, the management method comprising the steps of:
- selecting, by the management server, the standby server apparatus based on configuration management information, the configuration management information being held in the management server and including information indicating whether or not each server apparatus coupled to the management server is the standby server apparatus, and information indicating a status of a power supply of each server apparatus coupled to the management server;
turning on the power supply to the standby server apparatus, and acquiring failure information from activation information of the standby server apparatus;
turning off the power supply to the standby server apparatus after acquiring the information; and
judging, based on the acquired information, whether or not the failover from the active server apparatus to the standby server apparatus is possible.
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Abstract
An information processing system including a plurality of server apparatuses coupled to one another, wherein failover is executed. A management server is coupled to the server apparatuses, and is configured to, when detecting occurrence of a failure in an active server apparatus, execute failover from the active server apparatus to a standby server apparatus after turning on a power supply of the standby server apparatus. The management server is enabled to acquire information on the standby server apparatus after turning on the power supply of the standby server apparatus, turn off the power supply of the standby server apparatus after acquiring the information, and, based on the acquired information, judge whether failover to the standby server apparatus can be executed.
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8 Claims
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1. A management method of an information processing system including an active server apparatus and a standby server apparatus coupled to one another, and a management server coupled to the active server apparatus and to the standby server apparatus, which after turning on a power supply to the standby server apparatus, performs a failover from the active server apparatus to the standby server apparatus when detecting an occurrence of a failure in the active server apparatus, the management method comprising the steps of:
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selecting, by the management server, the standby server apparatus based on configuration management information, the configuration management information being held in the management server and including information indicating whether or not each server apparatus coupled to the management server is the standby server apparatus, and information indicating a status of a power supply of each server apparatus coupled to the management server; turning on the power supply to the standby server apparatus, and acquiring failure information from activation information of the standby server apparatus; turning off the power supply to the standby server apparatus after acquiring the information; and judging, based on the acquired information, whether or not the failover from the active server apparatus to the standby server apparatus is possible. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An information processing system comprising:
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a standby server apparatus coupled to an active server apparatus; and a management server coupled to the active server apparatus and to the standby server apparatus, the management server after turning on a power supply to the standby server apparatus, performing a failover from the active server apparatus to the standby server apparatus when detecting an occurrence of a failure in the active server apparatus, wherein the management server includes; a selecting part operable to select the standby server apparatus based on configuration management information, the configuration management information being held in the management server and including information indicating whether or not each server apparatus coupled to the management server is the standby server apparatus, and information indicating a status of a power supply of each server apparatus coupled to the management server; an information acquisition part operable to start operation, of the standby server apparatus, whose operation is at a stop, and acquire acquiring failure information from activation information of the standby server apparatus; a server control part operable to turn off the power supply to the standby server apparatus after acquiring the information; and a status judgment part operable to judge, based on the acquired information, whether or not the failover from the active server apparatus to the standby server apparatus is possible.
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8. A computer-readable recording medium containing a program executed by a management server in an information processing system including an active server apparatus and a standby server apparatus coupled to one another, and a management server coupled to the active server apparatus and to the standby server apparatus, which after turning on a power supply to the standby server apparatus, performs a failover from the active server apparatus to the standby server apparatus when detecting an occurrence of a failure in the active server apparatus, the program being operable to implement:
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a function of selecting the standby server apparatus based on configuration management information, the configuration management information being held in the management server and including information indicating whether or not each server apparatus coupled to the management server is the standby server apparatus, and information indicating a status of a power supply of each server apparatus coupled to the management server; a function of turning on the power supply, of the standby server apparatus, whose operation is at a stop, and acquiring failure information from activation information of the standby server apparatus; a function of turning off the power supply of the standby server apparatus after acquiring the information; and a function of judging, based on the acquired information, whether or not the failover from the active server apparatus to the standby server apparatus is possible.
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