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US 2003/0204701 A1Published application
Computer system
AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.
InventorsYasuyuki Mimatsu, Naoto Matsunami, Manabu Kitamura, Kenji Muraoka
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AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.
InventorsYasuyuki Mimatsu, Naoto Matsunami, Manabu Kitamura, Kenji Muraoka
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The present invention, in a computer system where multiple computers share multiple external storage devices, is to control the external storage devices of different control methods in a unified manner. A storage managing program, which manages the storage areas in the unified manner, includes a device control library providing control programs to control the various external storage devices, and a device information database identifying the external-storage-device controlling programs, and manages the multiple external storage devices of different control methods: Also, when a host computer releases an unnecessary storage area, a LU that no host computers use is deleted in the external storage device, and managed as an unused area can be created a new LU.
A computer system, comprising:
A computer connectable to a storage device via a network, comprising:
A computer system, comprising:
A storage device control method in a computer system where a computer and a storage device are connected via a network, comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.