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

• US 20080071902A1
• Filed: 10/31/2007
• Published: 03/20/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Kaneda, Yasunori, Miyazaki, Satoshi
• Granted Patent: US 7,617,306 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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. An operation management system comprising:

a computer;

a storage apparatus for storing write information or read information to or from said computer;

a connecting apparatus for connecting said computer and said storage apparatus; and

a management apparatus for management of said computer, said storage apparatus and said connecting apparatus,

wherein said management apparatus comprises;

a control unit for realizing the management function through comprehensive process of characteristic information of said storage apparatus, characteristic information of said connecting apparatus and characteristic information of said computer; and

an interface for receiving said characteristic information from said storage apparatus, said connecting apparatus or said computer depending on the standard protocol among said management apparatus, said storage apparatus, said connecting apparatus and said computer.

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