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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2001
Kenichi Shimooka, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Furukawa, Sagamihara, JP;
Toshiaki Arai, Machida, JP;
Hiroyuki Igata, Ebina, JP;
Kenichi Shimooka, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Furukawa, Sagamihara, JP;
Toshiaki Arai, Machida, JP;
Hiroyuki Igata, Ebina, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention realizes configuration management, failure monitoring and control of hardware resources in an open architecture computer on which a plurality of OSs run. A management agentrun on a partitionperforms communication with a management console, management of data on hardware and software failure occurred in the partition, and communication with a partitioning control unit. The partitioning control unitutilizes partition configuration informationto manage and control hardware allocated to each partition, and to intermediate communication between the hardwareand the management agents. A hardware data collection unitmanages configuration information of all the hardware in the computer, and monitors status of and failures in the hardware.