US 2018/0018326 A1Published application

Storage management system, storage system, and extension method

AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.

InventorAtsushi MIYAGAKI

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Abstract

A storage management system applies respective storage management applications to an extended function in a storage system or to a new storage system, without having to add a processing logic for each storage management AP and without increasing the applied load. Therefore, multiple versatile processes are installed to a storage management API library of the storage management server. Further, when the storage management AP is connected to the storage management API providing server program via the storage management API library, the storage management API library acquires an API attribute information from the storage management API providing server program. Then, when the storage management AP executes the function of the storage system via the storage management API library, before and after execution of the function, the storage management API library combines multiple versatile processes according to API attribute information, and the processes are executed by the storage management server.

Claims15

Dependent claims

A storage management system configured including a storage system and a management server, the storage system comprising:

a first CPU;
and
a first storage device,
the management server comprising:
a second CPU;
and
a second storage device,
the first storage device of the storage system storing:
a storage management API attribute information for connecting the management server and the storage system;
and
a storage management API providing server program executed by the first CPU for providing the storage management API attribute information to the management server,
a second storage device of the management server storing:
a storage management application program executed by the second CPU for managing the storage system;
and
a storage management API library for operating the storage management application program,
one or more versatile processing programs executed by the second CPU being equipped to the storage management API library,
wherein when the storage management application program is connected via the storage management API library to the storage management API providing server program for executing a given function to the storage system,
the second CPU
acquires the storage management API attribute information from the storage management API providing server program, and
executes the function to the storage system by combining the storage management API attribute information and the versatile processing program of the storage management API library.

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A storage system connected to a management server,

the storage system comprising:
a first CPU;
and
a first storage device,
the management server comprising:
a second CPU;
and
a second storage device,
the first storage device of the storage system storing;
a storage management API attribute information for connecting the management server and the storage system;
and
a storage management API providing server program executed by the first CPU for providing the storage management API attribute information to the management server,
a second storage device of the management server storing:
a storage management application program executed by the second CPU for managing the storage system;
and
a storage management API library for operating the storage management application program,
one or more versatile processing programs executed by the second CPU being equipped to the storage management API library,
wherein when the storage management application program is connected via the storage management API library to the storage management API providing server program for executing a given function to the storage system,
the second CPU
acquires the storage management API attribute information from the storage management API providing server program, and
executes the function to the storage system by combining the storage management API attribute information and the versatile processing program of the storage management API library.

18 more elements

A method for extending function of a storage system connected to a management server, the storage system comprising:

a first CPU;
and
a first storage device,
the management server comprising:
a second CPU;
and
a second storage device,
the first storage device of the storage system storing:
a storage management API attribute information for connecting the management server and the storage system;
and
a storage management API providing server program executed by the first CPU for providing the storage management API attribute information to the management server,
a second storage device of the management server storing:
a storage management application program executed by the second CPU for managing the storage system;
and
a storage management API library for operating the storage management application program,
one or more versatile processing programs executed by the second CPU being equipped to the storage management API library;
wherein when the storage management application program is connected via the storage management API library to the storage management API providing server program for executing a given function to the storage system;
the second CPU
acquires the storage management API attribute information from the storage management API providing server program;
and
executes the function to the storage system by combining the storage management API attribute information and the versatile processing program of the storage management API library.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.