Virtual storage architecture management system, information processing equipment for virtual storage architecture, computer- readable storage medium, and method of producing virtual storage architecture

A virtual storage architecture management system that realizes a virtual storage architecture on the basis of information on specific storage areas selected from among a plurality of storage areas, comprising:

• a plurality of storage devices each having a plurality of storage areas;
• information processing equipment that performs various kinds of information processing on the plurality of storage devices;
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• a selective linkage unit that establishes a plurality of paths between the information processing equipment and the plurality of storage areas in the plurality of storage devices, wherein:
• the selective linkage unit includes an information preserver in which information on the real configurations of the storage devices is stored in advance;
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• the information processing equipment includes a control unit that samples information on the conditions for selection of any of the plurality of storage devices from the information on the real configurations of the storage devices.

A computer-readable storage medium in which a program, instructing a computer to:

• retrieve information on the real configuration of a storage device having a plurality of zones and a plurality of storage areas dominated by the plurality of zones, and information on a plurality of paths established between a plurality of command lines produced in information processing equipment and the plurality of zones in the storage device;
• calculate information on all paths required for a virtual storage architecture;
• detect specific storage areas selected from among the plurality of storage areas and linked to the calculated paths;
• and register information on the specific storage areas in a pool of a virtual storage, is stored.

A virtual storage architecture management system that realizes a virtual storage architecture on the basis of information on specific storage areas selected from among a plurality of storage areas, comprising:

• a storage device including a storage medium that has a plurality of zones which is grouped together, and a plurality of storage areas dominated by the plurality of zones;
• information processing equipment including a server that transmits a plurality of command lines, with which various kinds of information processing are executed, to the storage device, and a client that issues a request for information processing;
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• a server/storage device selective linkage unit that selectively links the plurality of command lines produced by the server with the plurality of zones in the storage device so as to establish a plurality of paths between the plurality of command lines and the plurality of zones, wherein:
• the server/storage device selective linkage unit includes an information preserver in which information on the real configuration of the storage device and information on the plurality of paths are stored in advance;
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• the client retrieves the information on the real configuration of the storage device and the information on the plurality of paths from an information preserver so as to calculate information on all paths required for a virtual storage architecture, and registers information on specific storage area linked to the calculated paths in a pool of a virtual storage.

A virtual storage architecture management system that realizes a virtual storage architecture on the basis of information on specific storage areas selected from among a plurality of storage areas, comprising:

• a plurality of storage devices each including a storage medium that has a plurality of zones which is grouped together, and a plurality of storage areas dominated by the plurality of zones;
• information processing equipment including a server that transmits a plurality of command lines, with which various kinds of information processing are executed, to the plurality of storage devices, and a client that issues a request for information processing;
• and
• a server/storage device selective linkage unit that selectively links the plurality of command lines produced by the server and the plurality of zones in each of the storage devices so as to establish a plurality of paths between the plurality of command lines and the plurality of zones, wherein:
• the server/storage device selective linkage unit includes an information preserver in which information on the real configurations of the plurality of storage devices is stored in advance;
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• the client samples information on the conditions for selection of any of the plurality of storage devices from the information on the real configurations of the plurality of storage devices which is preserved in the information preserver, and registers information on specific storage areas associated with the information on the conditions for selection in a pool of a virtual storage.