Method and apparatus for offloading storage workload
AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.
InventorsMasayuki SAKATA, Akio NAKAJIMA, Akira DEGUCHI
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Abstract
An aspect of the invention is directed to a storage management computer for managing offloading of storage workload between a storage controller of a storage system and one or more host computers. The storage management computer comprises: a memory; and a controller operable to request a virtual machine management computer to register the storage controller as a host computer, and to send, to the virtual machine management computer, storage processes information of storage processes in the storage system which can be offloaded as virtual machines in order for the virtual machine management computer to register the storage processes as virtual machines.
Claims20
A storage management computer for managing offloading of storage workload between a storage controller of a storage system and one or more host computers, the storage management computer comprising:
- a processor;
- a controller operable to request a virtual machine management computer to register the storage controller as a host computer, and to send, to the virtual machine management computer, storage processes information of storage processes in the storage system which can be offloaded as virtual machines in order for the virtual machine management computer to register the storage processes as virtual machines.
A method for managing offloading of storage workload between a storage controller of a storage system and one or more host computers, by a storage management computer including a processor and a memory, the method comprising:
- requesting a virtual machine management computer to register the storage controller as a host computer;
- and
- sending, to the virtual machine management computer, storage processes information of storage processes in the storage system which can be offloaded as virtual machines in order for the virtual machine management computer to register the storage processes as virtual machines.
A computer-readable storage medium storing a plurality of instructions for controlling a data processor of a storage management computer to manage offloading of storage workload between a storage controller of a storage system and one or more host computers, the plurality of instructions comprising:
- instructions that cause the data processor to request a virtual machine management computer to register the storage controller as a host computer;
- and
- instructions that cause the data processor to send, to the virtual machine management computer, storage processes information of storage processes in the storage system which can be offloaded as virtual machines in order for the virtual machine management computer to register the storage processes as virtual machines.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.