Abstract: Provided is a computer system, comprising a plurality of devices and a plurality of management computers. The devices further comprise one or more objects. The plurality of management computers provides services with the one or more objects being subjects to be managed. An information provision period is set for each of the objects of each of the services. On the basis of an information collection policy relating to collecting information about the objects and the information provision period which is set for each of the objects of each of the services which is running, a primary management computer determines the management computer which handles the collection of the information of each of the objects, and notifies each of the management computer that has been so determined of the objects which said management computer will handle the management for.

Abstract: A management system, which manages at least a computer system including a copy destination VOL, receives first performance related information including information related to a resource related to an operation with which a copy source VOL is associated as an I/O destination, and stores the received first performance related information. When an operation migrates from a first site to a second site (for example, when the first site is affected by a disaster), the management system reallocates a resource of the second site based on both the first performance related information and second performance related information including information related to a resource related to an operation originally executed at the second site among a resource group of the second site.

Abstract: This management system for a computer system including a plurality of resources receives designation of an app usage and refers to management information, which includes information about the plurality of resources. The management system determines, for a target virtual server (a virtual server that executes the app for the designated app usage), at least one of the specification of resources to be allocated for exclusive use and the specification of resources to be allocated for shared use, in accordance with app requirements associated with the designated app usage. The plurality of resources includes a plurality of logical volumes and a plurality of computer resources including a plurality of kinds of computer resources. The computer system includes a server system including two or more computer resources included among the plurality of computer resources. The resource specifications include the kinds of resources, app usages associated with resources, and/or the number of resources.

Abstract: First-type metadata of unstructured data is associated with second-type metadata including content information indicating one or more content attributes of the unstructured data. For each of one or more pieces of unstructured data, two or more pieces of first-type metadata include: a first piece which is original metadata of the unstructured data; and a second piece based on a copy of the first piece with which the second-type metadata appropriate to a retrieval condition is associated. A data processing system displays information relating to a plurality of virtual volumes recommended for parallel use. The plurality of virtual volumes are associated with two or more second pieces of first-type metadata based on one or a plurality of overlapping degrees of a plurality of pieces of first-type metadata with which a plurality of pieces of second-type metadata appropriate to at least one of a plurality of retrieval conditions are associated.

Abstract: A management computer stores, in a memory, configuration information which indicates, by mapping, a virtual volume recognized by a host computer and a logical volume provided by a storage apparatus, and backup history information which manages a data backup history on a per virtual volume basis. Upon receiving a data backup request designating a virtual volume, the CPU of the management computer refers to the configuration information and acquires information of the logical volume mapped with the designated virtual volume. The CPU additionally refers to the backup history information and determines whether the logical volume currently mapped with the virtual volume coincides with the logical volume associated with the stored history. When it is determined that the mapped logical volume differs from the logical volume associated with the stored history, the CPU performs control to implement a differential backup between the logical volumes.

Abstract: A method for controlling hierarchical storage including: a first step for storing first information relating to the association between the specific processes and the storage regions of the storage tiers; a second step for obtaining second information relating to the access operations of the specific processes as a function of time; a third step for obtaining third information relating to the amount of access to the storage regions as a function of time; and a fourth step for identifying the time of occurrence of a change in the amount of access, from the second information and the third information on the basis of the first information, and determining, according to the identified time of occurrence of the change in the amount of access, a transfer initiation time at which data in the storage regions is to be transferred between storage tiers.

Abstract: A management system, which manages at least a computer system including a copy destination VOL, receives first performance related information including information related to a resource related to an operation with which a copy source VOL is associated as an I/O destination, and stores the received first performance related information. When an operation migrates from a first site to a second site (for example, when the first site is affected by a disaster), the management system reallocates a resource of the second site based on both the first performance related information and second performance related information including information related to a resource related to an operation originally executed at the second site among a resource group of the second site.

Abstract: The management computer includes a memory and a processor. The processor recognizes a state of a storage system that provides a first volume as a logical volume that stores a first image of an object. The processor generates a second volume as a virtual logical volume that stores a second image of the object. The processor selects, based on the state, one generation processing from a plurality of generation processing including: first generation processing of associating the second volume with the first image and differential data from the first image to provide the second volume; and second generation processing of generating the second volume as a logical volume and copying the first image to the second volume to provide the second volume. The processor transmits an instruction to execute the selected generation processing to the storage system.

Abstract: A management server manages resources in a cloud system having servers and storage subsystems by assigning a category of resources to an application, the category of resources being associated with a first template of virtualized resources, the first template being associated with threshold values and having a first cost for using the first template; monitoring performance of the first template to obtain performance values for the first template; comparing a first performance value of the first template with a first threshold value associated with the first template; and generating a plan for migrating the application to a second template based upon a result of the comparison. The second template is associated with a second threshold value that is greater than the first performance value. The second template has a second cost for using the second template that is less than the first cost.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for adjusting a backup schedule for a virtual computer comprising a plurality of virtual computers managed by a managing computer, the method including: a first step of generating a policy on the basis of user condition information including a time limit condition in a virtual computer restoring process and of which the input is accepted on the basis of first right, and IT infrastructure condition information including a condition limiting the amount of use of resources allocated to the virtual computer and of which the input is accepted on the basis of second right different from the first right; and a second step of adjusting the backup schedule for the virtual computer on the basis of the policy and operating information indicating an operating state of the virtual computer.

Abstract: A management computer comprises: a memory configured to store server information identifying functionalities which can be executed by each of a plurality of servers and applications running on each of the servers, and storage system information identifying functionalities which can be executed by each of a plurality of storage systems and application data stored in each of the storage systems; and a processor configured to: select a server, in which an application is to be deployed, from the plurality of servers, and a storage system, on which a volume either contains data to be used to deploy the application or maps to another volume that contains the data to be used to deploy the application, from the plurality of storage systems, based on the server information and the storage system information, and request to deploy the application on the selected server and create the volume on the selected storage system.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments improve return on investment in hybrid cloud environment. In one embodiment, a computer comprises: a memory; and a processor operable to manage two types of clouds, which are private and public clouds, by using information stored in the memory, and to manage migration of a set of an application and a data between a first type of clouds and a second type of clouds of the two types of clouds, the application running on a server of the first type of clouds, the data to be read or written by the application and being stored in a storage system of the first type of clouds. The processor manages the migration of the set of the application and the data between the first type of clouds and the second type of clouds based on resource utilization of resources including at least one of the server or the storage system.

Abstract: A method of managing use of resources in data center comprises: determining whether first storage subsystem includes a virtual volume or a storage pool that uses a physical volume of second storage subsystem and, if yes, migrating the physical volume to first storage subsystem; determining whether any storage subsystem includes a virtual volume created directly from a physical volume and, if yes, migrating the virtual volume to another virtual volume provisioned from the storage pool of the storage subsystem; and determining whether all virtual volumes satisfy a preset service level objective and, if no, then selecting a virtual machine which has a smallest virtual machine disk file and selecting a storage pool having a largest free space, and then selecting a virtual volume of the storage subsystem which has the selected storage pool and migrating the virtual machine disk file of the selected virtual machine to the selected virtual volume.

Abstract: The management computer includes a memory and a processor. The processor recognizes a state of a storage system that provides a first volume as a logical volume that stores a first image of an object. The processor generates a second volume as a virtual logical volume that stores a second image of the object. The processor selects, based on the state, one generation processing from a plurality of generation processing including: first generation processing of associating the second volume with the first image and differential data from the first image to provide the second volume; and second generation processing of generating the second volume as a logical volume and copying the first image to the second volume to provide the second volume. The processor transmits an instruction to execute the selected generation processing to the storage system.

Abstract: A method for controlling hierarchical storage including: a first step for storing first information relating to the association between the specific processes and the storage regions of the storage tiers; a second step for obtaining second information relating to the access operations of the specific processes as a function of time; a third step for obtaining third information relating to the amount of access to the storage regions as a function of time; and a fourth step for identifying the time of occurrence of a change in the amount of access, from the second information and the third information on the basis of the first information, and determining, according to the identified time of occurrence of the change in the amount of access, a transfer initiation time at which data in the storage regions is to be transferred between storage tiers.

Abstract: A management system manages a plurality of logical volumes in a storage system coupled to a host system. The plurality of logical volumes includes a first logical volume provided to the host system and a second logical volume. The management system manages the second logical volume as a duplicate of the first logical volume and a first state volume which is provided to the host system. The management system changes the second logical volume to a second state volume associated with the first logical volume, which is not a logical volume provided to the host system and which is on standby for a future use by the host system. The management system manages a data difference between data stored in the second logical volume and data stored in the first logical volume associated with the second logical volume if data is newly stored in the first logical volume.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the invention are directed to the effective utilization of storage resources. In accordance with one aspect, a first computer comprises: a memory; and a processor being operable to manage a virtual storage system, formed by one or more physical storage systems, to be provided to a plurality of second computers, the virtual storage system including a plurality of virtual volumes and a plurality of other types of virtual elements. The processor is operable to monitor performance of the plurality of virtual volumes, and to calculate amounts of the plurality of other types of virtual elements to be additionally assigned to the virtual storage system, based on the monitored performance of the plurality of virtual volumes, during operation of the one or more physical storage systems involving accesses from the plurality of second computers to the virtual storage system.

Abstract: A computer comprises a memory, and a processor being operable to manage a relationship between an image of a virtual machine and a plurality of storage systems forming a virtual storage system, and storing the relationship in the memory. The processor is operable to create a new image of the virtual machine in a target storage system of the plurality of storage systems based on the relationship, the new image of the virtual machine to be used to deploy the virtual machine in the target storage system. When the relationship indicates that the target storage system does not have the image, the processor is operable to copy the image from another storage system of the plurality of storage system to the target storage system and to create a new image of the virtual machine in the target storage system from the copied image in the target storage system.

Abstract: A storage apparatus coupled to a host device comprises a virtual volume which is a virtual logical volume configured of multiple virtual areas and a pool configured of multiple actual area groups of different performances. A controller manages pool status information which is the information showing which actual area is allocated to which virtual area and access load related to the virtual areas. A management system of the storage apparatus, with reference to the pool status information at multiple points of time from past to present and an access load threshold which is equal to or larger than 1, estimates the used capacity of each actual area group at points of time in the future, calculates the installed/removed amount of each actual area group which is the difference between the estimated used capacity and the current storage capacity, and performs the processing based on the calculated result.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments improve return on investment in hybrid cloud environment. In one embodiment, a computer comprises: a memory; and a processor operable to manage two types of clouds, which are private and public clouds, by using information stored in the memory, and to manage migration of a set of an application and a data between a first type of clouds and a second type of clouds of the two types of clouds, the application running on a server of the first type of clouds, the data to be read or written by the application and being stored in a storage system of the first type of clouds. The processor manages the migration of the set of the application and the data between the first type of clouds and the second type of clouds based on resource utilization of resources including at least one of the server or the storage system.