Management system and management method for managing computer system

A method of managing a computer system including storage apparatuses of one or more types, the method comprising:

• (A) receiving a request of an administrator to perform a function, performing the function when the function requested by the administrator is stored in a storage apparatus of the storage apparatuses, and identifying a substitute function for achieving the function when the function requested by the administrator is not stored in a storage apparatus of the storage apparatuses by further performing steps of:
• (A1) identifying the substitute function, which is an implementation pattern, of one or more implementation patterns, the implementation pattern being a system configuration including a storage apparatus having a storage function required to achieve a function satisfying the administrator request received in (A), based on request/function correspondence information and function information;
• and
• (A2) performing setup for achieving the function satisfying the administrator request received in (A), with respect to a specified implementation pattern, which is any implementation patter of the one or more implementation patterns identified in (A1),
• wherein the request/function correspondence information is information containing, for each administrator request, information indicating the storage function required to achieve a function satisfying the administrator request, and
• wherein the function information is information containing, for each storage apparatus included in the computer system, information indicating the storage functions of the storage apparatus.

A computer program product comprising:

• a computer program executed by a computer, the computer being coupled to a computer system including one or more types of storage apparatuses;
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• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having the computer program tangibly embodied thereon, wherein the computer program causes the computer to execute steps of:
• (A) receiving a request of an administrator to perform a function, performing the function when the function requested by the administrator is stored in a storage apparatus of the storage apparatuses, and identifying a substitute function for achieving the function when the function requested by the administrator is not stored in a storage apparatus of the storage apparatuses by further performing steps of:
• (A1) identifying the substitute function, which is an implementation pattern, of one or more implementation patterns, the implementation pattern being a system configuration including a storage apparatus having a storage function required to achieve a function satisfying the administrator request received in (A), based on request/function correspondence information and function information;
• and
• (A2) performing setup for achieving the function satisfying the administrator request received in (A), with respect to a specified implementation pattern, which is any implementation pattern of the one or more implementation patterns identified in the (A1),
• wherein the request/function correspondence information is information containing, for each administrator request, information indicating a storage function required to achieve a function satisfying the administrator request, and
• wherein the function information is information containing, for each storage apparatus included in the computer system, information indicating storage functions of the storage apparatus.