Disk management interface
AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.
InventorsToshimichi Kishimoto, Yoshio Mitsuoka
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Abstract
A storage system has an RMI interface for managing a storage. In starting an access, a WWW server distributes a storage manager program including a certification function to a WWW browser of a manager. After a manager certification by using a registered manager information file, an RMI management object dynamically creates a certification key unique to the manager and an RMI interface having a limited function corresponding to the certification key, and transmits the certification key to a storage management program of the manager. A certified manager is allowed to imitatively use the RMI interface in accordance with the certification key.
Claims20
A storage management system comprising:
- a management object for controlling a request from a manager which manages a data file to be accessed by a user, said management object certifying a second manager ID and a second manager password received from the manager, in accordance with a first ID and a first password stored beforehand;
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- interfaces to be created by said management object when the certification of the second manager password and the second password by said management object succeeds, and to be expired after a predetermined time, said interfaces permitting an access from the certified manager.
A management program having computer codes readable by a storage management system, the program comprising:
- a certifying step of certifying a second manager ID and a second password received from a manager, in accordance with a first ID and a first password stored beforehand;
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- an interface creating step of creating interfaces for the manager if said certifying step succeeds the certification of the second manager password and the second password succeeds.
A storage management method of controlling a request from a manager in a storage management system controlling a data file to be accessed by a user, the method comprising:
- a certifying step of certifying a second manager ID and a second manager password received from the manager, in accordance with a first ID and a first password stored beforehand;
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- a step of creating interfaces when the certification of the second manager password and the second password succeeds to permit an access by the certified manager, and expiring the interfaces after a lapse of a predetermined time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.