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

• US 8,352,595 B2
• Filed: 07/21/2011
• Issued: 01/08/2013
• 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): BILGRAMI, ASGHAR H
• Application Number:
  US13/187,567
• Publication Number:
  US 20110276774A1
• Time in Patent Office: 537 Days
• Field of Search: 709/223, 709/224, 711/162
• US Class Current: 709/224
• 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

A management apparatus has a control unit for realizing a management function through a comprehensive process of characteristic information of a storage apparatus, a connecting apparatus and a computer. The management apparatus also has 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 the management function from the management apparatus, depending on the standard protocol between the management apparatus and integrated management apparatus.

Claims

1. A system management method for a computer system including a computer, storage apparatuses, a plurality of logical volumes being created for use by the storage apparatuses, a computer monitoring module corresponding to the computer, storage monitoring modules corresponding to the storage apparatuses, a plurality of comprehensive control modules, and an integrated control module, the method comprising:

receiving, by a first comprehensive control module of the plurality of comprehensive control modules, an input of a backup target application executed by the computer, instructing the computer monitoring module to switch a mode of the backup target application to an online backup mode using a standard protocol;

instructing, by the first comprehensive control module, a certain one of the storage monitoring modules corresponding to one of the storage apparatuses providing a primary volume, which stores data of the backup target application, to split a pair including the primary volume and a secondary volume using the standard protocol; and

instructing, by the first comprehensive control module, the computer monitoring module to complete the online backup mode of the backup target application using the standard protocol,

wherein the storage apparatuses include a first storage apparatus of a first vendor and a second storage apparatus of a second vendor different from the first vendor, and

wherein the certain one of the storage monitoring modules converts the split instruction from the first comprehensive control module to a first inherent split instruction which is inherent to the first storage apparatus and which is unavailable to the second storage apparatus,

wherein the integrated control module comprises a standard information storage module, the standard information storage module providing integrated management of standard information,

wherein the standard information comprises collected information, the collected information including performance information and free space information, the performance information indicating performance of the logical volumes and the storage apparatuses, and the free space information indicating a capacity of the logical volumes, and

wherein each of the plurality of comprehensive control modules previously stores the collected information to the standard information storage module.

2. The system management method according to claim 1,

wherein the standard information further comprises mapping information indicating correspondence between the backup target application and the primary volume, and

wherein the method further comprises:

creating, by a second comprehensive control module of the plurality of comprehensive control modules, the mapping information, based on information from the computer monitoring module;

obtaining, by the first comprehensive control module, the mapping information from the second comprehensive control module using another standard protocol; and

displaying, by the first comprehensive control module, the mapping information.

3. The system management method according to claim 2, further comprising:

communicating, by the integrated control module, with the plurality of comprehensive control modules, using the another standard protocol for a management integration.

4. The system management method according to claim 3,

wherein the computer system includes another integrated control module, and

wherein the method further comprises:

communicating, by the another integrated control module, with the comprehensive control modules, using the another standard protocol for another management integration.

5. The system management method according to claim 1,

wherein the computer system includes a tape device, and

wherein the method further comprises:

instructing, by the first comprehensive control module, the computer monitoring module to backup data of the secondary volume to the tape device using the standard protocol, after splitting the pair; and

instructing, by the first comprehensive control module, the certain one of the storage monitoring modules to resynchronize the pair using the standard protocol.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable media for a comprehensive control module managing a computer via a computer monitoring module and storage apparatuses via storage monitoring modules, a plurality of logical volumes being created for use by the storage apparatus, comprising:

a receiving code causing the comprehensive control module to receive an input of a backup target application executed by the computer;

a first instructing code causing the comprehensive control module to instruct the computer monitoring module to switch a mode of the backup target application to an online backup mode using a standard protocol;

a second instructing code causing the comprehensive control module to instruct a certain one of the storage monitoring modules corresponding to one of the storage apparatuses providing a primary volume, which stores data of the backup target application, to split a pair including the primary volume and a secondary volume using the standard protocol; and

a third instructing code causing the comprehensive control module to instruct the computer monitoring module to complete the online backup mode of the backup target application using the standard protocol,

wherein the storage apparatuses include a first storage apparatus of a first vendor and a second storage apparatus of a second vendor different from the first vendor,

wherein the certain one of the storage monitoring modules converts the split instruction from the first comprehensive control module to a first inherent split instruction, which is inherent to the first storage apparatus and which is unavailable to the second storage apparatus,

wherein the comprehensive control module is used by an integrated control module, the integrated control module comprising a standard information storage module, the standard information storage module providing integrated management of standard information,

wherein the standard information comprises collected information, the collected information including performance information and free space information, the performance information indicating performance of the logical volumes and the storage apparatuses, and the free space information indicating a capacity of the logical volumes, and

wherein each of the plurality of comprehensive control modules previously stores the collected information to the standard information storage module.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable media according to claim 6, further comprising:

an obtaining code causing the comprehensive control module to obtain the mapping information from another comprehensive control module using another standard protocol; and

a displaying code causing the comprehensive control module to display the mapping information,

wherein the mapping information is created based on information from the computer monitoring module.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable media according to claim 7,

wherein the integrated control module provides a management integration and communicates with the comprehensive control module using the another standard protocol.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable media according to claim 8,

wherein the comprehensive control module is used by another integrated control module providing another management integration, which communicates with the comprehensive control module using the another standard protocol.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable media according to claim 9, further comprising:

a fourth instructing code causing the comprehensive control module to instruct the computer monitoring module to backup data of the secondary volume to a tape device coupled to the computer using the standard protocol, after splitting the pair; and

a fifth instructing code causing the comprehensive control module to instruct the certain one of the certain one of the storage monitoring modules to resynchronize the pair using the standard protocol.

11. A computer system comprising:

a computer executing a backup target application;

storage apparatuses providing a primary volume which stores data of the backup target application, and a secondary volume,

wherein a plurality of logical volumes are created for use by the storage apparatuses;

a computer monitoring module receiving an instruction using a standard protocol for managing the computer;

storage monitoring modules receiving an instruction using the standard protocol for managing the storage apparatuses;

a plurality of comprehensive control modules; and

an integrated control module,

wherein a first comprehensive control module of the plurality of comprehensive control modules;

receives an input of the backup target application,

instructs the computer monitoring module to switch a mode of the backup target application to an online backup mode using the standard protocol;

instructs a certain one of the storage monitoring modules, corresponding to one of the storage apparatuses providing the primary volume, to split a pair including the primary volume and the secondary volume using the standard protocol; and

instructs the computer monitoring module to complete the online backup mode of the backup target application using the standard protocol,

wherein the storage apparatuses include a first storage apparatus of a first vendor and a second storage apparatus of a second vendor different from the first vendor,

wherein the certain one of the storage monitoring modules converts the split instruction from the first comprehensive control module to a first inherent split instruction which is inherent to the first storage apparatus and which is unavailable to the second storage apparatus,

wherein the integrated control module comprises a standard information storage module, the standard information storage module providing integrated management of standard information,

wherein the standard information comprises collected information, the collected information including performance information and free space information, the performance information indicating performance of the logical volumes and the storage apparatuses, and the free space information indicating a capacity of the logical volumes, and

wherein each of the plurality of comprehensive control modules previously stores the collected information to the standard information storage module.

12. The computer system according to claim 11,

wherein the standard information further comprises mapping information indicating correspondence between the backup target application and the primary volume,

wherein a second comprehensive control module of the plurality of comprehensive control modules creates the mapping information, based on information from the computer monitoring module,

wherein the first comprehensive control module obtains the mapping information from the second comprehensive control module using another standard protocol, and displays the mapping information.

13. The computer system according to claim 12, further comprising:

wherein the integrated control module communicates with the comprehensive control modules using the another standard protocol.

14. The computer system according to claim 13, further comprising:

another integrated control module that provides another management integration,

wherein the another integrated control module communicates with the comprehensive control modules using the another standard protocol.

15. The computer system according to claim 14, further comprising:

a tape device,

wherein the first comprehensive control module instructs the computer monitoring module to backup data of the secondary volume to the tape device using the standard protocol, after splitting the pair, and

wherein the first comprehensive control module instructs the certain one of the storage monitoring modules to resynchronize the pair using the standard protocol.