Storage system and storage management system

• US 8,037,246 B2
• Filed: 04/30/2008
• Issued: 10/11/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Tejima, Atsushi, Igarashi, Yoshinori, Sugino, Shoji
• Primary Examiner(s): LO, KENNETH M
• Application Number:
  US12/149,295
• Publication Number:
  US 20080215813A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,259 Days
• Field of Search: 711/114, 711/E12.001, 711/173
• US Class Current: 711/114
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/067 Distributed or networked storage systems, e.g. storage area networks [SAN], network attached storage [NAS]

Abstract

A storage system whereby all managers of the storage system can easily collect the history data of the manager of each partition. The storage system is designed such that the memory resources within the system are managed by a system manager while partitions of the memory resources are managed by partition managers assigned for every partition unit. The storage system is provided with management modules that change the configuration of the memory resources corresponding to the content set by the system manager or partition manager, a history data management module that creates history data correlating the identifier of the partition unit that has undergone modification of the configuration of the memory resources, the setting content, and the identification data of the manager, and a history data storage unit that stores the history data.

Claims

1. A storage system, comprising:

a plurality of ports, each receiving data from at least one of a plurality of data processing devices;

a cache memory storing data received via said plurality of ports;

a plurality of RAID (Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks) groups, each comprising a plurality of disks storing data stored in said cache memory;

a first resource group comprising a first port selected from said plurality of ports, a first cache portion logically partitioned in said cache memory, and a first RAID group selected from said plurality of RAID groups;

a second resource group comprising a second port selected from said plurality of ports, a second cache portion logically partitioned in said cache memory, and a second RAID group selected from said plurality of RAID groups; and

a module managing first log information of said first resource group and second log information of said second resource group on a resource group basis,

wherein said first log information comprises a time of performing a first login operation for logging in the first resource group and information indicating whether or not the first login operation has been executed appropriately,

wherein a first manager is permitted to refer to said first log information assigned to said first resource group and to modify a configuration of said first resource group,

wherein said second log information comprises a time of performing a second login operation for logging in the second resource group and information indicating whether or not the second login operation has been executed appropriately,

wherein a second manager is permitted to refer to said second log information assigned to said second resource group and to modify a configuration said second resource group, and

wherein a system manager is permitted to refer to both said first log information and said second log information, and to modify the configuration of said storage system.

2. The storage system according to the claim 1, further comprising:

a log information storage unit that stores said first log information and said second log information on a resource group basis.

3. The storage system according to the claim 1,

wherein said module creates said first log information by collecting information from said first resource group and creates said second log information by collecting information from said second resource group.

4. The storage system according to the claim 1, wherein said module comprises:

(1) a cache logical partition management module, which manages information of a configuration modification of said first cache portion and said second cache portion;

(2) a port management module, which manages information of configuration modification of said first port and said second port; and

(3) a log information management module collecting said information of configuration modification of said first cache portion and said second cache portion from said cache logical partition management module and collecting said information of configuration modification of said first port and said second port from said port management module and creating said first log information and said second log information based on collected information.

5. The storage system according to the claim 4,

wherein a plurality of logical units are each provided for at least one of said plurality of data processing devices and are each related to at least a portion of said plurality of disks,

wherein said module further comprises:

(4) a logical unit management module, which manages information of configuration modification of a first logical unit and a second logical unit, and

wherein said log information management module collects said information of configuration modification of said first logical unit and said second logical unit from said logical unit management module and creates said first log information and said second log information based on collected information.

18. The storage system according to claim 1, wherein the storage system refuses a request from said second manager to refer to said first log information.

6. A program that is tangibly embodied in a computer-readable storage medium, wherein said program is executed on a computer in a storage system, wherein the storage system comprises a plurality of ports, a cache memory, a plurality of RAID (Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks), a first resource group, a second resource group, and a module, and wherein said program causes said computer to perform steps of:

receiving, by each of said plurality of ports, data from at least one of a plurality of data processing devices;

storing, in said cache memory, data received via said plurality of ports,

wherein said plurality of RAID groups each comprise a plurality of disks storing data stored in said cache memory,

wherein said first resource group comprises a first port selected from said plurality of ports, a first cache portion logically partitioned in said cache memory and a first RAID group selected from said plurality of RAID groups, and

wherein said second resource group comprises a second port selected from said plurality of ports, a second cache portion logically partitioned in said cache memory and a second RAID group selected from said plurality of RAID groups; and

managing, by said module, first log information of said first resource group and second log information of said second resource group on a resource group basis,

wherein said first log information comprises a time of performing a first login operation for logging in the first resource group and information indicating whether or not the first login operation has been executed appropriately,

wherein a first manager is permitted to refer to said first log information assigned to said first resource group and to modify a configuration of said first resource group,

wherein said second log information comprises a time of performing a second login operation for logging in the second resource group and information indicating whether or not the second login operation has been executed appropriately,

wherein a second manager is permitted to refer to said second log information assigned to said second resource group and to modify a configuration said second resource group, and

wherein a system manager is permitted to refer to both said first log information and said second log information, and to modify the configuration of said storage system.

7. The program according to the claim 6,

wherein said first log information further comprises information regarding login by a first manager assigned to said first resource group, and

wherein said second log information further comprises information regarding login by a second manager assigned to said second resource group.

8. The program according to the claim 6, wherein said program causes said computer to further perform steps of:

storing, in a log information storage unit of said storage system, said first log information and said second log information on a resource group basis.

9. The program according to the claim 6, wherein said program causes said computer to further perform steps of:

creating, by said module, said first log information by collecting information from said first resource group; and

creating, by said module, said second log information by collecting information from said second resource group.

10. The program according to the claim 6, wherein said program causes said computer to further perform steps of:

managing, by a cache logical partition management module of said module, information of a configuration modification of said first cache portion and said second cache portion;

managing, by a port management module of said module, information of configuration modification of said first port and said second port;

collecting, by a log information management module of said module, said information of configuration modification of said first cache portion and said second cache portion from said cache logical partition management module;

collecting, by said log information management module, said information of configuration modification of said first port and said second port from said port management module; and

creating, by said log information management module, said first log information and said second log information based on collected information.

11. The program according to the claim 10,

wherein a plurality of logical units are each provided for at least one of said plurality of data processing devices and are each related to at least a portion of said plurality of disks, and

wherein said program causes said computer to further perform steps of:

managing, by a logical unit management module of said module, information of configuration modification of a first logical unit and a second logical unit;

collecting, by said log information management module, said information of configuration modification of said first logical unit and said second logical unit from said logical unit management module; and

creating, by said log information management module, said first log information and said second log information based on collected information.

12. A storage management method implemented in a storage system, wherein the storage system comprises a plurality of ports, a cache memory, a plurality of RAID (Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks), a first resource group, a second resource group, and a module, said method comprising:

receiving, by each of said plurality of ports, data from at least one of a plurality of data processing devices;

storing, in said cache memory, data received via said plurality of ports,

wherein said plurality of RAID groups each comprise a plurality of disks storing data stored in said cache memory,

wherein said first resource group comprises a first port selected from said plurality of ports, a first cache portion logically partitioned in said cache memory and a first RAID group selected from said plurality of RAID groups, and

wherein said second resource group comprises a second port selected from said plurality of ports, a second cache portion logically partitioned in said cache memory and a second RAID group selected from said plurality of RAID groups; and

managing, by said module, first log information of said first resource group and second log information of said second resource group second on a resource group basis,

wherein said first log information comprises a time of performing a first login operation for logging in the first resource group and information indicating whether or not the first login operation has been executed appropriately,

wherein a first manager is permitted to refer to said first log information assigned to said first resource group and to modify a configuration of said first resource group,

wherein said second log information comprises a time of performing a second login operation for logging in the second resource group and information indicating whether or not the second login operation has been executed appropriately,

wherein a second manager is permitted to refer to said second log information assigned to said second resource group and to modify a configuration said second resource group, and

wherein a system manager is permitted to refer to both said first log information and said second log information, and to modify the configuration of said storage system.

13. The storage management method according to the claim 12,

wherein said first log information further comprises information regarding login by a first manager assigned to said first resource group, and

wherein said second log information further comprises information regarding login by a second manager assigned to said second resource group.

14. The storage management method according to the claim 12, further comprising:

storing, in a log information storage unit of said storage system, said first log information and said second log information on a resource group basis.

15. The storage management method according to the claim 12, further comprising:

creating, by said module, said first log information by collecting information from said first resource group; and

creating, by said module, said second log information by collecting information from said second resource group.

16. The storage management method according to the claim 12, further comprising:

managing, by a cache logical partition management module of said module, information of a configuration modification of said first cache portion and said second cache portion;

managing, by a port management module of said module, information of configuration modification of said first port and said second port;

collecting, by a log information management module of said module, said information of configuration modification of said first cache portion and said second cache portion from said cache logical partition management module;

collecting, by said log information management module, said information of configuration modification of said first port and said second port from said port management module; and

creating, by said log information management module, said first log information and said second log information based on collected information.

17. The storage management method according to the claim 16,

wherein a plurality of logical units are each provided for at least one of said plurality of data processing devices and are each related to at least a portion of said plurality of disks, and

wherein said method further comprises:

managing, by a logical unit management module of said module, information of configuration modification of a first logical unit and a second logical unit;

collecting, by said log information management module, said information of configuration modification of said first logical unit and said second logical unit from said logical unit management module; and

creating, by said log information management module, said first log information and said second log information based on collected information.