Method and apparatus for seamless management for disaster recovery
First Claim
1. In a system including a management server, a plurality of processor devices, and a plurality of storage devices, the processor devices and the storage devices being coupled via a network, a method for the management server to establish clustering system comprising:
- storing mapping information between application programs being executed by the processor devices and portions of storage implemented in the storage devices being utilized by the application programs, and storage device information relating to each of the storage devices;
receiving a command, from a user interface, identifying a primary processor device and an application program executed by the primary processor device;
specifying at least one portion of storage implemented in at least one primary storage device utilized by the identified application program from the storage devices based on the identified primary processor device, the identified application program and the mapping information, the at least one portion of storage implemented in at least one primary storage device and the primary processor device being configured to be a primary computer resource;
specifying at least one portion of storage implemented in at least one secondary storage device to which data stored in the specified at least one portion of storage implemented in at least one primary storage device can be copied based on the storage device information, the at least one portion of storage implemented in the at least one secondary storage device and a secondary processor device corresponding to the specified primary processor being configured to be at least one secondary computer resource, the secondary processor device being configured to be a member of a cluster of which the primary processor device is a member, the at least one portion of storage implemented in the at least one secondary storage device being accessible from the secondary processor device; and
presenting, to the user interface, the at least one portion of storage implemented in at least one secondary storage device and the secondary processor device to select a redundant computer resource corresponding to the primary computer resource from the at least one secondary computer resource.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and system are presented for establishing redundant computer resources. According to one embodiment, in a system including a plurality of processor devices and a plurality of storage devices, the processor devices, the storage devices and the management server being connected via a network, the method comprises storing device information relating to the processor devices and the storage devices and topology information relating to topology of the network, identifying at least one primary computer resource, selecting at least one secondary computer resource suitable to serve as a redundant resource corresponding to the at least one primary computer resource based on the device information and the topology information, and assigning the at least one secondary computer resource as a redundant resource corresponding to the at least one primary computer resource.
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15 Claims
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1. In a system including a management server, a plurality of processor devices, and a plurality of storage devices, the processor devices and the storage devices being coupled via a network, a method for the management server to establish clustering system comprising:
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storing mapping information between application programs being executed by the processor devices and portions of storage implemented in the storage devices being utilized by the application programs, and storage device information relating to each of the storage devices; receiving a command, from a user interface, identifying a primary processor device and an application program executed by the primary processor device; specifying at least one portion of storage implemented in at least one primary storage device utilized by the identified application program from the storage devices based on the identified primary processor device, the identified application program and the mapping information, the at least one portion of storage implemented in at least one primary storage device and the primary processor device being configured to be a primary computer resource; specifying at least one portion of storage implemented in at least one secondary storage device to which data stored in the specified at least one portion of storage implemented in at least one primary storage device can be copied based on the storage device information, the at least one portion of storage implemented in the at least one secondary storage device and a secondary processor device corresponding to the specified primary processor being configured to be at least one secondary computer resource, the secondary processor device being configured to be a member of a cluster of which the primary processor device is a member, the at least one portion of storage implemented in the at least one secondary storage device being accessible from the secondary processor device; and presenting, to the user interface, the at least one portion of storage implemented in at least one secondary storage device and the secondary processor device to select a redundant computer resource corresponding to the primary computer resource from the at least one secondary computer resource. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. In a system including a management server, a plurality of processor devices and a plurality of storage devices, the processor devices and the storage devices being coupled to the management server via a network, a method for the management server to establish a clustering system, said method comprising:
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storing mapping information between application programs being executed by the processor devices and storage volumes in the storage devices being utilized by the application programs, and storage device information relating to each of the storage devices; receiving a command from a user interface for presenting at least one candidate of secondary storage devices to which data stored in a primary storage device can be copied, the command identifying a primary processor device and an application program executed by the primary processor device so that the management server specifies the primary storage device having at least one storage volume utilized by the identified application program from the storage devices based on the identified primary processor device, the identified application program and the mapping information, the primary storage device and the primary processor device being configured to be a primary computer resource; specifying the at least one candidate of secondary storage devices corresponding to the specified primary storage device based on the storage device information, the at least one candidate of secondary storage devices and at least one candidate of secondary processor devices corresponding to the primary processor being configured to be at least one secondary computer resource; and presenting the at least one candidate of secondary storage devices to which data stored in the primary storage device can be copied and the at least one candidate of secondary processor devices to the user interface to select a redundant computer resource corresponding to the primary computer resource from the at least one secondary computer resource. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. In a system including a management server, a plurality of processor devices, and a plurality of storage devices, the processor devices and the storage devices being coupled via a network, an article of manufacture comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program embodied therein for the management server to establish a clustering system, the computer readable program in said article of manufacture comprising:
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code for storing mapping information between application programs being executed by the processor devices and portions of storage implemented in the storage devices being utilized by the application programs, and storage device information relating to each of the storage devices; code for receiving a command, from a user interface, identifying a primary processor device and an application program executed by the primary processor device; code for specifying at least one portion of storage implemented in at least one primary storage device utilized by the identified application program from the storage devices based on the identified primary processor device, the identified application program and the mapping information, the at least one portion of storage implemented in at least one primary storage device and the primary processor device being configured to be a primary computer resource; code for specifying at least one portion of storage implemented in at least one secondary storage device to which data stored in the specified at least one portion of storage implemented in at least one primary storage device can be copied based on the storage device information, the at least one portion of storage implemented in the at least one secondary storage device and a secondary processor device corresponding to the specified primary processor being configured to be at least one secondary computer resource, the secondary processor device being configured to be a member of a cluster of which the primary processor device is a member, the at least one portion of storage implemented in the at least one secondary storage device being accessible from the secondary processor device; and code for presenting, to the user interface, the at least one portion of storage implemented in at least one secondary storage device and the secondary processor device to select a redundant computer resource corresponding to the primary computer resource from the at least one secondary computer resource.
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10. In a system including a management server, a plurality of processor devices, and a plurality of storage devices, the processor devices and the storage devices being coupled via a network, a system for a management server to establish a clustering system, said system comprising:
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means for storing mapping information between application programs being executed by the processor devices and portions of storage implemented in the storage devices being utilized by the application programs, and storage device information relating to each of the storage devices; means for receiving a command, from a user interface, identifying a primary processor device and an application program executed by the primary processor device; means for specifying at least one portion of storage implemented in at least one primary storage device utilized by the identified application program from the storage devices based on the identified primary processor device, the identified application program and the mapping information, the at least one portion of storage implemented in at least one primary storage device and the primary processor device being configured to be a primary computer resource; means for specifying at least one portion of storage implemented in at least one secondary storage device to which data stored in the specified at least one portion of storage implemented in at least one primary storage device can be copied based on the storage device information, the at least one portion of storage implemented in the at least one secondary storage device and a secondary processor device corresponding to the specified primary processor being configured to be at least one secondary computer resource, the secondary processor device being configured to be a member of a cluster of which the primary processor device is a member, the at least one portion of storage implemented in the at least one secondary storage device being accessible from the secondary processor device; and means for presenting, to the user interface, the at least one portion of storage implemented in at least one secondary storage device and the secondary processor device to select a redundant computer resource corresponding to the primary computer resource from the at least one secondary computer resource.
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11. In a system including a management server, a plurality of processor devices, and a plurality of storage devices, the processor devices and the storage devices being coupled to the management server via a network, a method for the management server to establish a clustering system, said method comprising:
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storing storage device information relating to each of the storage devices; receiving a command from a user interface for establishing a clustering system, the command having information for identifying a primary processor device which is configured to be a part of a primary computer resource; and specifying at least one candidate of primary storage devices, at least one candidate of secondary storage devices corresponding to the at least one candidate of primary storage devices, and at least one candidate of secondary processor devices corresponding to the primary processor device based on the storage device information, the at least one candidate of secondary processor devices and the at least one candidate of secondary storage devices being configured to be at least one secondary computer resource for the primary computer resource, wherein the storage device information includes a RAID level of the storage devices. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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