Method for analyzing performance information

• US 8,006,035 B2
• Filed: 03/10/2009
• Issued: 08/23/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Kusama, Takato, Takeda, Kei
• Primary Examiner(s): Verbrugge; Kevin
• Application Number:
  US12/401,071
• Publication Number:
  US 20090177839A1
• Time in Patent Office: 896 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 711/111
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/324 Display of status information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/328 Computer systems status display G06F11/327 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3409 for performance assessment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3433 for load management allocation of a server based on load conditions G06F9/505; load rebalancing G06F9/5083; redistributing the load in a network by a load balancer H04L67/1029
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3476 Data logging G06F11/14, G06F11/2205 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3485 for I/O devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3495 for systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/80 Database-specific techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/815 Virtual middleware or OS functionality using virtual machines to implement generic software techniques for error detection or fault masking G06F11/1484
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/87 Monitoring of transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/885 Monitoring specific for caches
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0605 by facilitating the interaction with a user or administrator
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/061 Improving I/O performance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0653 Monitoring storage devices or systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/067 Distributed or networked storage systems, e.g. storage area networks [SAN], network attached storage [NAS]

Abstract

A computer system having a management computer, a storage system including a plurality of RAID groups and a plurality of ports used for accessing storage areas in the plurality of RAID groups, and a plurality of computers coupled to the storage system using computer volumes, each of the computer volumes being configured by one of the RAID groups and accessed via one of the ports. A management computer executes to: receive computer performance information from the plurality of computers, receive resource information indicating a resource of the storage system, the resource being one of the plurality of RAID groups or one of the plurality of ports, and display a part of the computer performance information, which is performance information related to a part of the plurality of computers using a part of the computer volumes related to the resource of the storage system indicated by the resource information.

Claims

1. A management computer comprising:

a communication device coupled to a plurality of computers and a storage system including a plurality of RAID groups configured by a plurality of disk drives and a plurality of ports used for accessing storage areas in the plurality of RAID groups;

a processor coupled to the communication device; and

a display device coupled to the processor,

wherein the plurality of computers use computer volumes, each of which is configured by one of the plurality of RAID groups and accessed via one of the plurality of ports,

wherein the communication device receives computer performance information from the plurality of computers, and receives storage performance information about the plurality of ports,

wherein the display device displays a first view representing first performance values of the plurality of ports, based on the storage performance information,

wherein the communication device receives resource information indicating a certain port among the plurality of ports, during displaying the first view,

wherein the processor identifies at least one of the plurality of computers, including computer volumes related to the certain port, and

wherein the display device displays a second view including a part of the computer performance information, which is performance information related to the at least one of the plurality of computers.

2. A management computer according to claim 1,

wherein the displayed information is performance values at a plurality of times, and which are of the at least one of the plurality of computers.

3. A management computer according to claim 2,

wherein the performance values include first history values of a first computer which is one of the at least one of the plurality of computers,

wherein the performance values include second history values of a second computer which is another one of the at least one of the plurality of computers, and

wherein on the display device, the first history values and the second history values are superpositioned.

4. A management computer according to claim 3,

wherein the display device displays a name of the first computer related to the first history values, and a name of the second computer related to the second history values.

5. A computer system comprising:

a storage system including a plurality of RAID groups configured by a plurality of disk drives and a plurality of ports used for accessing storage areas in the plurality of RAID groups; and

a plurality of computers coupled to the storage system using computer volumes, each of the computer volumes being configured by one of the plurality of RAID groups and accessed via one of the plurality of ports; and

a management computer which executes to;

(A) receive computer performance information from the plurality of computers,

(B) receive storage performance information about the plurality of ports,

(C) display a first view representing first performance values of the plurality of ports, based on the storage performance information,

(D) receive resource information indicating a certain port among the plurality of ports, during displaying the first view,

(E) identify at least one of the plurality of computers, including computer volumes related to the certain port, and

(C) display a second view including a part of the computer performance information, which is performance information related to the at least one of the plurality of computers.

6. A computer system according to claim 5,

wherein the displayed information is performance values at a plurality of times, and which are of the at least one of the plurality of computers.

7. A computer system according to claim 6,

wherein the performance values include first history values of a first computer which is one of the at least one of the plurality of computers,

wherein the performance values include second history values of a second computer which is another one of the at least one of the plurality of computers, and

wherein on the display device, the first history values and the second history values are superpositioned.

8. A computer system according to claim 7,

wherein the management computer displays a name of the first computer related to the first history values, and a name of the second computer related to the second history values.

9. A performance display method for a computer system including a storage system and a plurality of computers and a management computer,

wherein the storage system including a plurality of RAID groups configured by a plurality of disk drives and a plurality of ports used for accessing storage areas in the plurality of RAID groups,

wherein the plurality of computers are coupled to the storage system using computer volumes, each of the computer volumes being configured by one of the plurality of RAID groups and accessed via one of the plurality of ports;

and

the method, performed by the management computer, comprising the steps of;

receiving computer performance information from the plurality of computers, using a communication device included in the management computer;

receiving storage performance information about the plurality of ports;

displaying a first view representing first performance values of the plurality of ports, based on the storage performance information;

receiving resource information indicating a certain port among the plurality of ports, during displaying the first view;

identifying at least one of the plurality of computers, including computer volumes related to the certain port; and

displaying a second view including a part of the computer performance information, which is performance information related to the at least one of the plurality of computers.

10. A performance display method according to claim 9,

wherein the displayed information is performance values at a plurality of times, and which are of the at least one of the plurality of computers.

11. A performance display method according to claim 10,

wherein the performance values include first history values of a first computer which is one of the at least one of the plurality of computers,

wherein the performance values include second history values of a second computer which is another one of the at least one of the plurality of computers, and

wherein on the display device, the first history values and the second history values are superpositioned.

12. A performance display method according to claim 11,

wherein the display device displays a name of the first computer related to the first history values, and a name of the second computer related to the second history values.

13. A computer program stored on at least one computer readable storage medium and to be implemented in at least a management computer which manages a storage system and a plurality of computers,

wherein the storage system including a plurality of RAID groups configured by a plurality of disk drives and a plurality of ports used for accessing storage areas in the plurality of RAID groups, and

wherein the plurality of computers coupled to the storage system using computer volumes, each of the computer volumes being configured by one of the plurality of RAID groups and accessed via one of the plurality of ports,

the computer program comprising:

code for receiving computer performance information from the plurality of computers using a communication device of the management computer;

code for receiving storage performance information about the plurality of ports;

code for displaying a first view representing first performance values of the plurality of ports, based on the storage performance information;

code for receiving resource information indicating a certain port among the plurality of ports, during displaying the first view;

code for identifying at least one of the plurality of computers, including computer volumes related to the certain port; and

code for displaying a second view including a part of the computer performance information, which is performance information related to the at least one of the plurality of computers.

14. A computer program according to claim 13,

wherein the displayed information is performance values at a plurality of times, and which are of the at least one of the plurality of computers.

15. A computer program according to claim 14,

wherein the performance values include first history values of a first computer which is one of the at least one of the plurality of computers,

wherein the performance values include second history values of a second computer which is another one of the part at least one of the plurality of computers, and

wherein on the display device, the first history values and the second history values are superpositioned.

16. A computer program according to claim 15,

wherein the display device displays a name of the first computer related to the first history values, and a name of the second computer related to the second history values.