Patents by Inventor Tsukasa Shibayama

Tsukasa Shibayama has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11928524
    Abstract: The computer system includes one or more storage devices and a management computer, the management computer includes an information collection unit, an event detection unit, a plan generation unit, and a plan execution unit. The plan generation unit determines a target volume of a change process of a right of control in a plan, a processor of a change source of the right of control, and a processor of a change destination of the right of control, estimates an influence by a change process of the right of control in the plan, and the plan execution unit determines execution time of the plan based on the estimation of the influence and the operation information of the storage devices. As a result, in consideration of the influence by an ownership change process, while the influence applied to usage of a computer system is suppressed, the ownership change process is executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsukasa Shibayama, Kazuei Hironaka, Kenta Sato
  • Patent number: 11762729
    Abstract: A computer management apparatus including a plurality of nodes, each including a processor and a storage device, and stores a countermeasure result table including a plurality of combinations of an anomaly detection rule, a countermeasure rule which is a countermeasure against an anomaly, and an effect indicating effectiveness of these rules, and the management apparatus includes: an anomaly detection unit that detects an anomaly of the computer system based on information acquired from the computer system and the anomaly detection rule; an execution unit that decides a countermeasure, at which the anomaly has been detected by the anomaly detection unit, on the basis of the detected anomaly, the countermeasure rule, and the effect indicating the effectiveness, and executes the decided countermeasure; and a countermeasure result information setting unit that evaluates a result of the countermeasure and records the result in the effect indicating the effectiveness in the countermeasure result table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Tsukasa Shibayama, Akira Deguchi
  • Publication number: 20230266907
    Abstract: A processor of each node of a storage system executes rebalancing to transfer a volume between pool volumes for the node in such a way as to equalize throughput of a data input/output process and/or data capacities between the pool volumes making up the pool. When a plurality of external volumes are transferred to a node in the storage system, the storage management apparatus determines a transfer destination node for the volumes and order of transferring the volumes and executes volume transfer in such a way as to equalize throughput of the data input/output process and/or data capacities between the pool volumes making up the pool after completion of or during the volume transfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takanobu SUZUKI, Tsukasa SHIBAYAMA, Akira DEGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11698740
    Abstract: In a computer system, in a case where a throughput upper limit value is set as upper limit value 1, a throughput limit notification program executed by a storage device gives a notification to a storage management device when a throughput of a logical volume reaches the upper limit value 1. In response to this notification, a throughput upper limit value setting program executed by the storage management device outputs, to the storage device, a command for switching the throughput upper limit value from the upper limit value 1 to upper limit value 2, such that the throughput upper limit value is switched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takanobu Suzuki, Akira Deguchi, Tsukasa Shibayama
  • Publication number: 20230214142
    Abstract: To quickly and appropriately adjust a performance of a storage system. A storage configuration optimization device for managing a storage system including one or more storages implemented by a plurality of SDS nodes includes a virtual CPU. The virtual CPU is configured to receive a request for an execution period and a necessary performance of a project using the storage system, and select, based on consumption information and performance information of a resource of the storage system, one or more change patterns satisfying the request for the execution period and the necessary performance from among a plurality of change patterns indicating configuration changes of the storage system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Miho KOBAYASHI, Akira DEGUCHI, Kazuki TOGO, Tsukasa SHIBAYAMA, Takanobu SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 11693684
    Abstract: There are provided an information processing system that operates virtual machines and storage controllers on a processor, and an information processing method executed by the information processing system. A storage controller group capable of taking over processing between the storage controllers arranged in different nodes is provided. The virtual machine is movable between the different nodes by deploy. The virtual machine and the storage controller that processes data input and output by the virtual machine are arranged in the same node. A combination of the virtual machines that cannot be arranged in the same node is defined by a restriction. A management unit arranges one of the virtual machines that cannot be arranged in the same node in the node in which the storage controller included in the storage controller group to which the storage controller used by the other virtual machine belongs is not arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Tsukasa Shibayama, Tomohiro Kawaguchi
  • Publication number: 20230205439
    Abstract: In an information processing system, a plurality of control units (control software) implemented in different storage nodes are managed as a redundancy group, one or more first logical units (SLUs) are associated with the redundancy group, and the plurality of control units included in the redundancy group include an active control unit that processes an input/output (IO) request with respect to the first logical unit, and a standby control unit that takes over the processing when the active control unit fails. A processor (configuration management unit) arranges at least one second logical unit (ALU) in the storage node in which the active control unit exists, and associates the second logical unit with the first logical unit controlled by the active control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Tsukasa SHIBAYAMA, Takanobu SUZUKI, Akira DEGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230195336
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to quickly and appropriately adjust performance of a storage system. Provided is a storage management system including: a storage system including a plurality of storage nodes; and a management device. The storage node includes a storage device and an instance to which a resource is virtually allocated and that controls access to the storage device. The storage management system further includes an instance management node configured to manage the instance of the storage node. The management device is configured to determine whether a configuration of the resource allocated to the instance of the storage node needs to be changed, and cause the instance management node to change the configuration of the resource allocated to the instance when the configuration of the resource needs to be changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuki TOGO, Akira DEGUCHI, Tsukasa SHIBAYAMA, Takanobu SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 11663029
    Abstract: Provided is a resource allocation determination method for a VM/container, volume, and the like created as a new VM/container or volume without exceeding an upper limit of a computer resource of a node in an HCI environment. In order to determine allocation of at least one of a virtual machine, a container, and a volume in a system of the HCI environment, a use state of a computer resource shared by a virtual machine and a storage controller operating on each node is managed, and an allocation destination node of the new virtual machine, container, or volume is determined based on the use state without exceeding an upper limit of a computer resource of the allocation destination node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Tsukasa Shibayama, Akiyoshi Tsuchiya, Tomohiro Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 11586516
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to realize a proper storage operation in accordance with the state of a storage devices which constructed remote copy pair via a network. A first storage device for providing a first volume and a second storage device for providing a second volume as a remote copy destination of the first volume, includes: a storing unit for policy sets that is a regulation group relating to the service quality of the second volume; and a policy selection unit for selecting a policy set to be used from the plurality of policy sets in accordance with the states of the first volume and the second storage device. According to such a configuration and operation, it is possible to properly operate the storage device by selecting a policy set before and after the failover or according to the presence or absence of degeneration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuei Hironaka, Akira Deguchi, Tsukasa Shibayama
  • Publication number: 20220261323
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to realize a proper storage operation in accordance with the state of a storage devices which constructed remote copy pair via a network. A first storage device for providing a first volume and a second storage device for providing a second volume as a remote copy destination of the first volume, includes: a storing unit for policy sets that is a regulation group relating to the service quality of the second volume; and a policy selection unit for selecting a policy set to be used from the plurality of policy sets in accordance with the states of the first volume and the second storage device. According to such a configuration and operation, it is possible to properly operate the storage device by selecting a policy set before and after the failover or according to the presence or absence of degeneration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuei HIRONAKA, Akira DEGUCHI, Tsukasa SHIBAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220188006
    Abstract: In a computer system, in a case where a throughput upper limit value is set as upper limit value 1, a throughput limit notification program executed by a storage device gives a notification to a storage management device when a throughput of a logical volume reaches the upper limit value 1. In response to this notification, a throughput upper limit value setting program executed by the storage management device outputs, to the storage device, a command for switching the throughput upper limit value from the upper limit value 1 to upper limit value 2, such that the throughput upper limit value is switched.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Takanobu SUZUKI, Akira DEGUCHI, Tsukasa SHIBAYAMA
  • Patent number: 11340820
    Abstract: A storage-based migration is performed in a VVOL environment. A migration processing unit generates a migration group in which a virtual volume to be migrated, a protocol endpoint related to the virtual volume, and a storage container that cuts out the virtual volume are grouped, and migrates the migration group to a storage node; and a configuration changing unit configures, based on information of the migration group transmitted from the storage node, a protocol endpoint, a virtual volume, and a storage container on a storage node which are the same as the protocol endpoint, the virtual volume, and the storage container configured on the storage node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takanobu Suzuki, Tomohiro Kawaguchi, Tsukasa Shibayama
  • Publication number: 20220121513
    Abstract: A computer management apparatus including a plurality of nodes, each including a processor and a storage device, and stores a countermeasure result table including a plurality of combinations of an anomaly detection rule, a countermeasure rule which is a countermeasure against an anomaly, and an effect indicating effectiveness of these rules, and the management apparatus includes: an anomaly detection unit that detects an anomaly of the computer system based on information acquired from the computer system and the anomaly detection rule; an execution unit that decides a countermeasure, at which the anomaly has been detected by the anomaly detection unit, on the basis of the detected anomaly, the countermeasure rule, and the effect indicating the effectiveness, and executes the decided countermeasure; and a countermeasure result information setting unit that evaluates a result of the countermeasure and records the result in the effect indicating the effectiveness in the countermeasure result table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsukasa Shibayama, Akira Deguchi
  • Publication number: 20220114034
    Abstract: The computer system includes one or more storage devices and a management computer, the management computer includes an information collection unit, an event detection unit, a plan generation unit, and a plan execution unit. The plan generation unit determines a target volume of a change process of a right of control in a plan, a processor of a change source of the right of control, and a processor of a change destination of the right of control, estimates an influence by a change process of the right of control in the plan, and the plan execution unit determines execution time of the plan based on the estimation of the influence and the operation information of the storage devices. As a result, in consideration of the influence by an ownership change process, while the influence applied to usage of a computer system is suppressed, the ownership change process is executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsukasa Shibayama, Kazuei Hironaka, Kenta Sato
  • Publication number: 20220035695
    Abstract: A computer system includes at least one HCI node, and a high-order management infrastructure which is communicable with the HCI node, and acquires operation information of the HCI node for detecting abnormality in the computer unit. The HCI node generates an event notification table including a resource of the HCI node relevant to an event executed therein, and a type of influence of the event to the HCI node, and transmits the event notification table to the high-order management infrastructure. The operation information includes a load to the resource of the HCI node. The high-order management infrastructure detects abnormality using the operation information and the event notification table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro HARA, Akira DEGUCHI, Tsukasa SHIBAYAMA
  • Patent number: 11216317
    Abstract: The computer system includes one or more storage devices and a management computer, the management computer includes an information collection unit, an event detection unit, a plan generation unit, and a plan execution unit. The plan generation unit determines a target volume of a change process of a right of control in a plan, a processor of a change source of the right of control, and a processor of a change destination of the right of control, estimates an influence by a change process of the right of control in the plan, and the plan execution unit determines execution time of the plan based on the estimation of the influence and the operation information of the storage devices. As a result, in consideration of the influence by an ownership change process, while the influence applied to usage of a computer system is suppressed, the ownership change process is executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsukasa Shibayama, Kazuei Hironaka, Kenta Sato
  • Publication number: 20210392087
    Abstract: The computer system includes a management unit that holds a service template in which a service provided by the host is described, and a necessary resource table in which a resource amount necessary for the node is described so as to execute the service with a predetermined parameter. The management unit receives input of the service template and the parameter, calculates a necessary resource amount based on a combination of the input service template and parameter with reference to the necessary resource table, selects a node that satisfies a condition for the calculated necessary resource amount, executes a service for the service template, and updates the necessary resource table based on a change in a load of the resource before and during the service is executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsukasa SHIBAYAMA, Akira DEGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210357248
    Abstract: Provided is a resource allocation determination method for a VM/container, volume, and the like created as a new VM/container or volume without exceeding an upper limit of a computer resource of a node in an HCI environment. In order to determine allocation of at least one of a virtual machine, a container, and a volume in a system of the HCI environment, a use state of a computer resource shared by a virtual machine and a storage controller operating on each node is managed, and an allocation destination node of the new virtual machine, container, or volume is determined based on the use state without exceeding an upper limit of a computer resource of the allocation destination node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Tsukasa SHIBAYAMA, Akiyoshi TSUCHIYA, Tomohiro KAWAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210326165
    Abstract: There are provided an information processing system that operates virtual machines and storage controllers on a processor, and an information processing method executed by the information processing system. A storage controller group capable of taking over processing between the storage controllers arranged in different nodes is provided. The virtual machine is movable between the different nodes by deploy. The virtual machine and the storage controller that processes data input and output by the virtual machine are arranged in the same node. A combination of the virtual machines that cannot be arranged in the same node is defined by a restriction. A management unit arranges one of the virtual machines that cannot be arranged in the same node in the node in which the storage controller included in the storage controller group to which the storage controller used by the other virtual machine belongs is not arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Tsukasa SHIBAYAMA, Tomohiro KAWAGUCHI