Operation management system, management apparatus, management method and management program

• US 7,617,306 B2
• Filed: 10/31/2007
• Issued: 11/10/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Kaneda, Yasunori, Miyazaki, Satoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Neurauter, Jr.; George C
• Assistant Examiner(s): BILGRAMI, ASGHAR H
• Application Number:
  US11/979,094
• Publication Number:
  US 20080071902A1
• Time in Patent Office: 741 Days
• Field of Search: 709/223, 709/224, 711/162
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0605 by facilitating the interaction with a user or administrator
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0653 Monitoring storage devices or systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0689 Disk arrays, e.g. RAID, JBOD

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to realize higher mutual connection property among the operation management applications because two interfaces of the first interface for the devices as the operation management object and the second interface provided by the operation management application which can be realized using the first interface are not yet specified simultaneously in the existing operation management system.

A management apparatus comprises a control unit for realizing a management function through comprehensive process of characteristic information of a storage apparatus, a connecting apparatus and a computer and an interface for receiving characteristic information from the storage apparatus, connecting apparatus and computer depending on the standard protocol among the management apparatus, storage apparatus, connecting apparatus and computer. Moreover, an integrated management apparatus is also provided for integrated management based on the result of realization of a plurality of management functions. This integrated management apparatus includes an interface for receiving the result of realization of management function from the management apparatus depending on the standard protocol between the management apparatus and integrated management apparatus.

Claims

1. A computer system comprising:

a computer,

a first storage system, which is a source of backup, having backup target data,

a second storage system, which is a target of backup,

connection modules connecting the computer, the first storage system, and the second storage system,

a computer monitoring unit, which is connected to the computer, having a first interface;

a connection module monitoring unit, which is connected to the connecting module, having a first interface;

a storage monitoring unit, which is connected to the first storage system, having a first interface;

a plurality of comprehensive control modules which manage the computer system having a first interface and a second interface;

an integrated control module having a second interface,

wherein each of the computer monitoring unit, the connection module monitoring unit and the storage monitoring unit is connected to the plurality of comprehensive control modules via the first interface and a first communication bus;

the comprehensive control modules and the integrated control module are connected via the second interface and a second communication bus; and

wherein one of the comprehensive control modules;

receives an input of backup;

obtains mapping information from the other comprehensive control module via a second communication bus;

displays the mapping information and receives an input of the backup target application;

instructs the computer monitoring unit to switch a mode of the backup target application to an online backup mode via the first communication bus;

instructs the storage monitoring unit to split a pair volume storing the backup target data in the first storage system via the first communication bus;

instructs the computer monitoring unit to complete the online back up mode of the backup target application via the first communication bus;

instructs the computer monitoring unit, via the first communication bus, to backup said backup target data from said first storage system to said second storage system; and

instructs the storage monitoring unit to re-synchronize the split volumes via the first communication bus.

2. The computer system according to claim 1,

wherein the comprehensive control module which does not receive the input of the backup:

receives unit connecting information from the connection module monitoring unit;

receives volume configuration information from the storage monitoring unit,

receives logical volume configuration information indicating a configuration of a volume of the first storage system and a logical volume used by the computer from the computer monitoring unit;

receives database table allocation information from the computer monitoring unit; and

creates the mapping information from the received information.

3. The computer system according to claim 2,

wherein the volume configuration information includes the correspondence between the volumes configured in the first storage system and RAID groups of the volumes.

4. The computer system according to claim 3,

wherein the volume configuration information further includes information of the volumes consisting of the pair volume.

5. The computer system according to claim 2,

wherein the unit connecting information includes information of connections between the computers and the storage systems and the access security of each of the computers and the storage systems.