Abstract: The computer system includes a computer, a first storage system configured to be communicable with the computer, and a second storage system configured to be communicable with the first storage system. The second storage system identifies the first storage system that is capable of communicating with the second storage system, detects fault occurring in the second storage system, and transmits fault information to the identified first storage system, the fault information being related to the detected fault. And the first storage system notifies the computer of the transmitted fault information.

Abstract: This storage system modifies the migration plan in accordance with the state of the migration destination when a plurality of volumes are migrated all at once. Migration-source volumes are migrated collectively to volumes inside the migration-destination storage apparatus. The user can make settings related to migration-source volumes and migration-destination volumes in a migration plan, and can establish a mid-process control plan for modifying the migration plan in the middle of processing. If a failure occurs in the migration-destination storage apparatus subsequent to the commencement of data migration processing, a processing method controller either cancels or temporarily halts the data migration processing, or changes the migration destination, on the basis of the mid-process control plan. When changing the migration destination, a previously selected alternate storage apparatus is selected as the new migration-destination storage apparatus.

Abstract: In a computer system, to enable a second computer to take over control of copying of data within the computer system, from a first computer that normally controls copying of data. The second computer selects from a plurality of storage systems a storage system to be accessed in order to acquire sub system pair information, and acquires sub system pair information from the selected storage system. Based on the acquired sub system pair information, the second computer generates system pair information that includes copy pair information relating to a plurality of storage areas belonging to the plurality of storage systems. The second computer initially selects a storage system directly linked to the second computer, and subsequently sequentially selects a storage system based on the acquired sub system pair information.

Abstract: A common external storage device is connected to the first and second storage systems.

Abstract: This invention provides a system including a computer and a storage-subsystem comprising at least either a first storage area for storing data sent from the computer or a second storage area to be associated with the first storage area, for storing replicated data of data stored in the first storage area. This system includes a replication processing status referral unit for referring to a replication processing status of data of the first storage area and the second storage area to be associated, and an output unit for outputting first performance information concerning data I/O stored in the first storage area, and outputting second performance information concerning data I/O stored in the second storage area together with the first performance information when the replicated data is being subject to replication processing from the first storage area to the second storage area as a result of referring to the replication processing status.

Abstract: When migrating data stored in a storage region assigned to a volume to another storage region, the connection status of the host computer and volume is confirmed. When the host computer and volume are connected, the maximum capacity of the volume requested by the host computer is reserved so that it is exclusively secured in another storage region to which data is to be migrated, and when the host computer and volume are not connected, the current capacity of the volume is reserved so that it is exclusively secured in another storage region.

Abstract: A computer includes a management computer connected to a host computer, first and second primary storage systems, first and second secondary storage systems, a primary external storage system connected to the first and second primary storage systems and a secondary external storage system connected to the first and second secondary storage systems. The management computer controls to start copying as processing for storing copied data in the second storage area into a fourth storage area in response to a command for starting processing for storing copied data in the first storage area into a third storage area.

Abstract: The present invention is a management computer that determines, as the assignment source of a logical volume that is assigned in order to store predetermined data, a storage area of a RAID group including one or more disk drives among a plurality of disk drives provided in a storage system; and the CPU that executes the volume assignment module accepts a logical volume assignment request and, in cases where a logical volume assignment request is accepted, determines the RAID group which is the assignment source of the logical volume on the basis of the access trend assumed for the logical volume which is the subject of the assignment request.

Abstract: Access to the physical disks is differentiated as access from a host computer, and access based on processing (data migration processing, copy processing) for storage management. Whether to switch the state of the physical disks from a normal power consumption mode to a power saving mode is determined according to the access from the host computer after the access based on processing for storage management is complete, and the state of the physical disks are switched from the normal power consumption mode to the power saving mode based on the determination result.

Abstract: To provide a computer system in which an encryption-decryption process performed by one encryption-decryption module can be moved to the other encryption-decryption module without stopping the process for a read/write request from a host computer. The computer system has a host computer 200, and a storage system 400, 500 for storing the encrypted data in a storage area. The storage system 400 provides a storage area of the storage system 500 as the storage area of its own for accepting access from the host computer 200. In performing a process for changing for the data encrypted and stored by the destination source 500, the move destination 400 encrypts the data decrypted by the move source 500, the move source 500 further encrypts and stores the data encrypted by the move destination 400 in the move source 500, and after all the data is stored, the move source 500 decrypts and stores the further encrypted data in the block.

Abstract: To provide a computer system capable of detecting a failure at an early stage while keeping down an increase in I/O load due to failure monitoring. The computer system includes plural storage systems connected in stages between a first computer and a second computer. The first computer sends control I/O to the storage systems. The second computer monitors control I/O transferred through the storage systems; and when there is control I/O that has not been transferred successfully, requests state information of the storage systems to transfer the control I/O.

Abstract: The object of the invention is to control the power consumption in a storage subsystem. In a storage system, when a monitor in a host computer acquires information concerning a storage region to manage the storage region, a monitor in the host computer checks whether or not the power supply state in the storage region is ‘on’ based on a storage region information that stores first information indicating whether or not the power supply state in the storage region is ‘on’ and second information concerning the storage region, and acquires the second information from the storage region information table if the power supply state in the storage region is not ‘on’.

Abstract: To provide a computer system in which the primary site administrator for managing all the sites can make the configuration of the authority to be granted beforehand for the administrator of each site to fill in for a part of its own authority, even during the absence such as at the time of disaster.

Abstract: A controller sets a specified time which is a time that specifies a time in the future relative to the current time for all of one or more secondary storage systems. The respective secondary storage systems have a logical volume for backup (BVOL), and set a backup preparation end state when a journal up to a specified time has been established, and report information showing a preparation end state to the controller. The controller issues a backup command to all of the one or more secondary storage systems when information showing a preparation end state is reported from all of the one or more secondary storage systems.

Abstract: A computer includes a management computer connected to a host computer, first and second primary storage systems, first and second secondary storage systems, a primary external storage system connected to the first and second primary storage systems and a secondary external storage system connected to the first and second secondary storage systems. The management computer controls to start copying as processing for storing copied data in the second storage area into a fourth storage area in response to a command for starting processing for storing copied data in the first storage area into a third storage area.

Abstract: There is provided a computer system which can implement ease of transition to a standby state caused by power-off of a volume and ease of recovery from a standby state while maintaining access performance. A computer system including a storage system (200) having one or more disk units (220) and a disk controller unit (210) which controls reading and writing of data stored on volumes formed by the disk units and a host computer (100) which transmits a data read/write request to the storage system (200), wherein the host computer (100) gives an instruction to perform volume assignment for each of groups each having duplicated sets obtained by multiply duplicating a set composed of one or more volumes on which data is to be stored, and the storage system (200) assigns a first volume of a first duplicated set in the group to one of the disk units (220) which has an attribute different from an attribute of a volume constituting another duplicated set.

Abstract: Provided is a storage medium management system, in which when the same data as that stored in a first physical storage area is stored in a second physical storage area, a storage system connected to a host computer compares the number of remaining rewritable times for the first physical storage area and the number of remaining rewritable times for the second physical storage area with each other. When the number of remaining rewritable times for the first physical storage area is less than the number of remaining rewritable times for the second physical storage area, the storage system writes data written from the host computer to the second physical storage area and copies the data written in the second physical storage area to the first physical storage area.

Abstract: A computer system including a first storage system connected to a first host computer, a second storage system connected to a second host computer and a third storage system connected to the first and second storage systems. The second storage system sets transfer setting before an occurrence of a failure, the transfer setting being provided with a dedicated storage area to be used for transferring data to the third storage system by asynchronous copy in response to a failure at the first host computer. Before the start of data transfer between the second storage system and third storage system to be executed after an occurrence of the failure, the second storage system checks the dedicated storage area, data transfer line and transfer setting information, and if an abnormal state is detected, this abnormal state is reported to the host computer as information attached to the transfer setting.

Abstract: In the present invention, when there is a change in a group of volumes managed by a host computer, data duplication processing is immediately carried out against the changed volume. The host computer 10 comprises a volume-managing portion (unit) 12, a data duplication-controlling portion(unit) 11 which executes the data duplication of the data stored in the volume 32 in the main data center 3, and a data duplication storing portion (unit) 13 which stores data. necessary for the data duplication. The data duplication-controlling portion 11 compares data held by the volume-managing portion 12 and the data in the data duplication storing portion 13, and updates the data in the data duplication storing portion 13 based on the data held by the volume-managing portion 12.

Abstract: A copy source storage controller received write data added with a time and issued from a host computer transfers the write data with the time to a copy destination storage controller. If there are a plurality of copy destination storage controllers, a representative copy destination storage controller compares times of write data copied to the plurality of copy destination storage controllers, and writes the write data in copy destination logical volumes in the sequential order of time. The representative copy destination storage controller judges that integrity of the write data is established, if a communication procedure is established with the copy destination storage controller and if the statuses of the copy source/destination logical volumes are coincident. In remote copy which guarantees integrity of write data and traverses a plurality of storage controllers, it is possible to judge at an optional time point whether integrity of write data can be guaranteed.