CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREON

• US 20140317348A1
• Filed: 04/18/2014
• Published: 10/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Watanabe, Sugio, Shiomi, Hiroshi, Sakagami, Yuichi, Hiyoshi, Kenji, Sasaki, Tomoaki
• Application Number:
  US14/256,339
• Publication Number:
  US 20140317348A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 711/114
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/061 Improving I/O performance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0613 in relation to throughput
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0635 by changing the path, e.g. traffic rerouting, path reconfiguration
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0665 at area level, e.g. provisioning of virtual or logical volumes
• 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 3/0689 Disk arrays, e.g. RAID, JBOD

Abstract

A control system includes: a superordinate apparatus that includes a multi-path driver controlling an access path; and a second control unit that transmits a control signal used for an instruction for setting an access path to a first control unit that is newly connected to be communicable with the superordinate apparatus to the superordinate apparatus. The multi-path driver sets the access path to the first control unit based on the control signal supplied from the second control unit, thereby autonomously setting the access path in a case where a control unit is additionally installed.

Claims

1. A control system comprising:

a superordinate apparatus that includes a multi-path driver controlling an access path; and

a second control unit that transmits a control signal used for an instruction for setting an access path to a first control unit that is newly connected to be communicable with the superordinate apparatus to the superordinate apparatus,

wherein the multi-path driver sets the access path to the first control unit based on the control signal supplied from the second control unit.

2. The control system according to claim 1, wherein the second control unit transmits the control signal used for the instruction for setting the access path to the first control unit to the superordinate apparatus in a case where the first control unit is recognized.

3. The control system according to claim 1, further comprising one or more third control units that manage a plurality of virtual volumes,

wherein the second control unit includes:

a load information collecting unit that collects load information for each access path from the superordinate apparatus to the virtual volume in the third control units;

a performance information collecting unit that collects performance information of the third control units and the first control unit in a case where the first control unit is recognized;

a selection unit that selects a moving virtual volume to be moved to the first control unit from among the virtual volumes managed by the third control units based on the performance information; and

a movement instruction unit that moves the moving virtual volume selected by the selection unit to the first control unit.

4. The control system according to claim 3, wherein the selection unit determines target loads of the third control units and the first control unit in accordance with the performance information of the third control units and the first control unit and selects the virtual volume as the moving virtual volume in the descending order of the loads of the virtual volumes from among the plurality of the virtual volumes in a range for which a sum of the load information of the selected virtual volumes does not exceed the target load of the first control unit based on the load information.

5. The control system according to claim 3, wherein the selection unit determines target loads of the third control units and the first control unit in accordance with the performance information of the third control units and the first control unit and, based on the load information, selects one or more of the moving virtual volumes in a range for which a sum of the load information of remaining virtual volumes acquired by excluding the virtual volumes selected as the moving virtual volumes is not less than the target load of the third control units of movement sources in the third control units of the movement sources of the moving virtual volumes.

6. A control apparatus comprising:

a communication unit that communicates with a superordinate apparatus including a multi-path driver that controls an access path; and

a transmission unit that transmits a control signal used for an instruction for setting an access path to a first control unit that is newly connected to be communicable with the superordinate apparatus to the superordinate apparatus.

7. The control apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the transmission unit transmits the control signal used for the instruction for setting the access path to the first control unit to the superordinate apparatus in a case where the first control unit is recognized.

8. The control apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising:

a load information collecting unit that collects load information for each access path from the superordinate apparatus to the virtual volume in one or more third control units that manage a plurality of virtual volumes;

a performance information collecting unit that collects performance information of the third control units and the first control unit in a case where the first control unit is recognized;

a selection unit that selects a moving virtual volume to be moved to the first control unit from among the virtual volumes managed by the third control units based on the performance information; and

a movement instruction unit that moves the moving virtual volume selected by the selection unit to the first control unit.

9. The control apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the selection unit determines target loads of the third control units and the first control unit in accordance with the performance information of the third control units and the first control unit and selects the virtual volume as the moving virtual volume in the descending order of the loads of the virtual volumes from among the plurality of the virtual volumes in a range for which a sum of the load information of the selected virtual volumes does not exceed the target load of the first control unit based on the load information.

10. The control apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the selection unit determines the target loads of the third control units and the first control unit in accordance with the performance information of the third control units and the first control unit and, based on the load information, selects one or more of the moving virtual volumes in a range for which a sum of the load information of remaining virtual volumes acquired by excluding the virtual volumes selected as the moving virtual volumes is not less than the target load of the third control units of movement sources in the third control units of the movement sources of the moving virtual volumes.

11. A computer-readable recording medium recoding a control program causing a computer that is communicable with a superordinate apparatus including a multi-path driver controlling an access path to perform:

transmitting a control signal used for an instruction for setting an access path to a first control unit that is newly connected to be communicable with the superordinate apparatus to the superordinate apparatus.

12. The computer-readable recording medium recoding the control program according to claim 11, wherein the computer is caused to perform transmitting the control signal used for the instruction for setting the access path to the first control unit to the superordinate apparatus in a case where the first control unit is recognized.

13. The computer-readable recording medium recoding the control program according to claim 11, wherein the computer is caused to perform:

collecting load information for each access path from the superordinate apparatus to the virtual volume in one or more third control units that manage a plurality of virtual volumes;

collecting performance information of the third control units and the first control unit in a case where the first control unit is recognized;

selecting a moving virtual volume to be moved to the first control unit from among the virtual volumes managed by the third control units based on the performance information; and

moving the selected moving virtual volume to the first control unit.

14. The computer-readable recording medium recoding the control program according to claim 13, wherein the computer is caused to perform:

determining target loads of the third control units and the first control unit in accordance with the performance information of the third control units and the first control unit and selecting the virtual volume as the moving virtual volume in the descending order of the loads of the virtual volumes from among the plurality of the virtual volumes in a range for which a sum of the load information of the selected virtual volumes does not exceed the target load of the first control unit based on the load information.

15. The computer-readable recording medium recoding the control program according to claim 13, wherein the computer is caused to perform:

determining the target loads of the third control units and the first control unit in accordance with the performance information of the third control units and the first control unit and, based on the load information, selecting one or more of the moving virtual volumes in a range for which a sum of the load information of remaining virtual volumes acquired by excluding the virtual volumes selected as the moving virtual volumes is not less than the target load of the third control units of movement sources in the third control units of the movement sources of the moving virtual volumes.