ENVIRONMENT CONFIGURATION SERVER, COMPUTER SYSTEM, AND ENVIRONMENT CONFIGURATION METHOD

• US 20150326432A1
• Filed: 01/24/2013
• Published: 11/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: SAIKA, Nobuyuki, ARAI, Hitoshi, FUJIE, Satoshi
• Application Number:
  US14/760,043
• Publication Number:
  US 20150326432A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/122 using management policies backup systems G06F11/1446; file migration policies for HSM systems G06F16/185
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0806 for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0859 by keeping history of different configuration generations or by rolling back to previous configuration versions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]

Abstract

In a computer system having a plurality of local file servers present in a local system, and a remote file server present in a remote system and coupled to the plurality of local file servers, an environment configuration server is provided in the remote system. The environment configuration server identifies, from a storage device storing environment configuration information regarding an environment configuration for each of the plurality of local file servers, environment configuration information corresponding to a configuration-target local file server of the plurality of local file server, and transmits the identified environment configuration information to the configuration-target local file server.

Claims

1. An environment configuration server provided in a remote system in a computer system including a plurality of local file servers present in a local system, and a remote file server present in the remote system and coupled to the plurality of local file servers, the environment configuration server comprising:

a communication interface device coupled to the plurality of local file servers; and

a processor coupled to the communication interface device,

wherein the processor is configured to

identify, from a storage device storing environment configuration information regarding an environment configuration for each of the plurality of local file servers, environment configuration information corresponding to a configuration-target local file server of the plurality of local file servers, and

transmit the identified environment configuration information to the configuration-target local file server.

2. An environment configuration server according to claim 1,

wherein the processor is configured to

receive, from each of the plurality of local file servers, a report indicating an operational status of the local file server, and

notify the local file server having transmitted the report of a version of the environment configuration information stored in the storage device.

3. An environment configuration server according to claim 1,

wherein the processor is configured to

receive, from each of the plurality of local file servers, a report indicating an operational status of the local file server,

determine, based on a policy including one or more conditions and at least one of the followings (A) to (C), whether or not any of conditions is met is included in the policy, and

(A) the received report,

(B) at least one of a report on a local file server associated with the local file server having transmitted the report in (A), and configured environment configuration information, and

(C) at least one of a report on a remote file server corresponding to the local file server having transmitted the report in (A), or configured environment configuration information,

when a result of the determination is true, update environment configuration information corresponding to at least one of the local file server having transmitted the report in (A), the local file server associated with the local file server having transmitted the report in (A), and the remote file server corresponding to the local file server having transmitted the report in (A), and notify a server corresponding to the updated environment configuration information of a version of the updated environment configuration information or the updated environment configuration information.

4. An environment configuration server according to claim 2,

wherein the processor is configured to update the environment configuration information for at least one of the local file server having transmitted the report, and the local file server associated with the local file server having transmitted the report.

5. An environment configuration server according to claim 1, which is configured in an identical computer in which the remote file server is configured.

6. An environment configuration server according to claim 1,

wherein the processor is configured to

receive a transmission request for the environment configuration information from the local file server;

and

upon receiving the transmission request, transmit the environment configuration information corresponding to the local file server having transmitted the transmission request, to the local file server.

7. An environment configuration server according to claim 2, wherein the processor is configured to change a configuration for the remote file server based on the report.

8. An environment configuration server according to claim 1,

wherein the storage device is configured to store a configuration template including a configuration item for the environment configuration for the local file server, and

wherein the processor is configured to receive a configuration value for the configuration item in the configuration template, generate the environment configuration information by reflecting the configuration value in the configuration template, and store the generated environment configuration information in the storage device.

9. An environment configuration server according to claim 1,

wherein the remote file server is configured to manage a storage area to which a file managed by the local file server is migrated,

wherein the storage area includes a sub-storage area to which a file managed by one or more of the local file servers is migrated, and

wherein the processor is configured to determine a usage of the sub-storage area in the storage area based on information in the report and to adjust the environment configuration information based on the usage.

10. A computer system comprising:

a local system including a plurality of local file servers; and

a remote system coupled to the local system and including a remote file server coupled to the plurality of local file servers, and an environment configuration server configured to control environment configurations for the plurality of local file servers,

wherein the environment configuration server is configured to

identify, from a storage device storing environment configuration information regarding an environment configuration for each of the plurality of local file servers, environment configuration information corresponding to a configuration-target local file server of the plurality of local file server; and

transmit the identified environment configuration information to the configuration-target local file server, and

wherein the configuration-target local file server is configured to receive the environment configuration information and carry out environment configuration based on the received environment configuration information.

11. A computer system according to claim 10,

wherein each of the plurality of local file servers is configured to transmit a report indicating an operational status of the local file server to the environment configuration server, and

wherein the environment configuration server is configured to receive the report and notify the local file server having transmitted the report of a latest version of the environment configuration information.

12. A computer system according to claim 11,

wherein the local file server is configured to request the latest version of the environment configuration information from the environment configuration server when aversion of the environment configuration information on the local file server is older than the latest version from the environment configuration server.

13. An environment configuration method carried out in a computer system comprising a plurality of local file servers present in a local system, and a remote file server present in a remote system and coupled to the plurality of local file servers, the method comprising:

identifying, from a storage device storing environment configuration information regarding an environment configuration for each of the plurality of local file servers, environment configuration information corresponding to a configuration-target local file server of the plurality of local file server; and

transmitting the identified environment configuration information to the configuration-target local file server.